Live Oak, Texas is a town located in Bexar County that is home to a diverse population. The current mayor of Live Oak is Mayor Mary Ella Garcia, who has been in office since 2004. The city council consists of five members from the different districts in the city, and they work together to ensure that all residents receive fair representation in governance matters. The council works hard to provide resources such as housing, transportation, public safety, and economic opportunities for its constituents. They also strive to create safe neighborhoods by supporting initiatives like crime prevention programs and community outreach efforts. All of these objectives come together with the shared goal of improving the quality of life for all people living in Live Oak.
The political climate in Live Oak, TX is somewhat 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
Live Oak, TX is somewhat 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.
Live Oak, 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 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 Live Oak, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,167 contributions totaling $151,853 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,564 contributions totaling $411,470 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)