The politics in San Antonio, TX 78235 are highly discussed and diverse. This zip code includes parts of the city's East Side, where a majority of the population identify as Hispanic or Latino and are politically progressive. The area is served by representatives from both the Democratic and Republican parties, with a few additional independents who are involved in local politics. Recently the election for mayor has been closely watched, as current Mayor Ron Nirenberg seeks re-election against several challengers including Councilman Greg Brockhouse. Residents of San Antonio 78235 are passionate about their local politics and stay up to date on the latest developments in order to ensure that their voices will be heard.
The political climate in Zip 78235 (San Antonio, TX) is moderately liberal.
Bexar County, TX is moderately liberal. In Bexar County, TX 58.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bexar county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.2% to 40.1%.
Bexar county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78235 (San Antonio, TX) is moderately liberal.
San Antonio, Texas is moderately liberal.
Bexar County, Texas is moderately liberal.
San Antonio-New Braunfels Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Texas is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
San Antonio, Texas: r R d d D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 78235 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $397 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $30 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)