Politics in 76374 Olney, TX, is primarily focused on the issues that affect the local community. The city government is responsible for setting policy and regulations, while also providing public services to residents of Olney. Each election season, local political candidates are chosen by the citizens to represent them on the City Council. These candidates debate on topics such as education, infrastructure, taxes, public safety and community development. There are also various committees and task forces which focus on addressing specific objectives in the city. Throughout the year, these organizations work together with local residents to ensure their voices are heard and to make sure that the needs of everyone in 76374 Olney are met.
The political climate in Zip 76374 (Olney, TX) is strongly conservative.
Young County, TX is very conservative. In Young County, TX 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Young county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.6%.
Young county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76374 (Olney, TX) is strongly conservative.
Olney, Texas is strongly conservative.
Young County, Texas is very conservative.
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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.
Olney, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 76374 (Olney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $8,786 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)