The Bolivar Peninsula in Texas is a small and tight-knit community that takes pride in its political beliefs. There are no local political candidates in the area, but the citizens take an active role in engaging with their state and national representatives. The people of the peninsula are passionate about their beliefs and often band together to ensure their voices are heard in decisions that affect them. They come from different backgrounds and believe strongly in democratic values, advocating for causes such as environmental protection and economic development. The peninsula is dedicated to preserving the best of what it has to offer while looking ahead to a better future.
The political climate in Bolivar Peninsula, TX is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, TX is moderately conservative. In Galveston County, TX 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Galveston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Galveston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bolivar Peninsula, TX is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land 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.
Bolivar Peninsula, Texas: R R R R R R
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Bolivar Peninsula, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $3,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $13,042 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)