If you’re wondering how your neighborhood voted in the November 2018 election and want to see hard numbers in San Antonio, the wait is over.
Every voter is assigned to a voting precinct. And after every election, the Bexar County Elections Department releases voting results for every precinct in the county.
When you plug those numbers into a map, you get to see a detailed, neighborhood-level view of how each race was decided.
For the November 2018 election, I was wondering how these precinct maps would look for the contentious city charter amendments pushed by the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association. It turns out one of the most striking maps is for Proposition B.
It’s one thing to know that nearly 60 percent of voters wanted to cap the salary and tenure of future San Antonio city managers. It’s another thing to see those results on a map. Here’s an interactive version — you can zoom in and click on a precinct to see the vote tally:
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A majority of voters in almost every San Antonio voting precinct, from the wealthiest to the poorest areas of the city, supported Proposition B. The measure was widely viewed as a rebuke of City Manager Sheryl Sculley, who makes a base salary of $475,000 with a potential bonus of up to $100,000.
Related: Interactive map shows how Bexar County voted in the 2016 presidential election
Voters on the outer edges and North Side of San Antonio tend to lean conservative, and more progressive voters live in the other parts of San Antonio, such as neighborhoods inside Loop 410.
Clearly the firefighter union’s proposal had resonated.
“There’s rarely an issue where all four sides of town unite,” said Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project.
Check out my full story about the precinct results, with maps to the other charter amendment proposals and what voters said about the election.
That was my takeaway after viewing the precinct results. What’s yours? Here’s my contact info with every known way to get in touch with me.
