The small town of Olton, TX (79064) is home to a tight-knit and friendly community. The city boasts a relatively low crime rate and a strong sense of civic pride. Residents in Olton are proud of their standing as an agricultural leader in the state, and many actively participate in local politics. While the mayor and several city council members have been elected for multiple terms, new candidates often join the race to make their voices heard. The political atmosphere in Olton is one that encourages participation from all citizens and embraces different perspectives. Local debates often center around issues such as education reform or how best to keep taxes low while supporting essential services. Despite its small size, Olton continues to be an important hub for political action in Texas.
The political climate in Zip 79064 (Olton, TX) is strongly conservative.
Lamb County, TX is very conservative. In Lamb County, TX 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 19.0%.
Lamb county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79064 (Olton, TX) is strongly conservative.
Olton, Texas is strongly conservative.
Lamb 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.
Olton, 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 79064 (Olton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $1,875 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)