Olmos Park, TX is a small, quaint city located in Bexar County. Despite its size, the city has held true to its reputation as a politically active area. Olmos Park is home to many organizations and movements that work to foster political engagement among citizens of all ages. Local organizations such as the Olmos Park Democratic Club and the Republican Women of Bexar County regularly host events and meetings to discuss policy and current issues affecting our community. Additionally, the city holds regular elections for local political positions like Mayor and City Council Members. These positions are important in setting the civic tone for our small town and always have a high rate of voter turnout from local residents. Overall, it is clear that politics play an important role in life in Olmos Park, TX.
The political climate in Olmos Park, TX is leaning 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
Olmos Park, TX is leaning 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.
Olmos Park, 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 Olmos Park, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,839 contributions totaling $1,594,819 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $415 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,351 contributions totaling $1,464,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,084 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)