Oak Island, TX is a small town located in the southeastern part of Texas. With a population of just over 1,000 residents, it is a close-knit community known for its friendly people and rural charm. The politics in Oak Island are reflective of the small-town values held by its citizens. Local elections often feature candidates vying to represent the town's interests on issues such as local business growth, infrastructure improvements, educational opportunities and environmental protection. Candidates from both major political parties generally compete for the positions and present their ideas for how they will work to improve life for those who live in Oak Island. Residents come out in great numbers during primary and general elections to exercise their right as citizens to vote on who they feel is best suited to represent them.
The political climate in Oak Island, TX is strongly conservative.
Chambers County, TX is very conservative. In Chambers County, TX 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chambers county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.1% to 18.5%.
Chambers county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Island, TX is strongly conservative.
Chambers County, Texas is very 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.
Oak Island, 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 Oak Island, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148 contributions totaling $3,083 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $25,580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $609 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)