Gilmer, TX is a small town located in the northeast corner of Texas. It is a friendly and tight-knit community that is home to around 5,000 people. Gilmer’s politics are mainly governed by the local city council. The city council is made up of five members who serve four year terms and are voted on in nonpartisan elections. They are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the town, such as setting budgets, developing laws, appointing personnel, and overseeing development projects in the community. Additionally, Gillmer operates under a mayor-council form of government which means that the mayor serves as both head of government and legislative authority for the city. The mayor is directly elected by citizens every two years and can be reelected an unlimited number of times.
The political climate in Gilmer, TX is strongly conservative.
Upshur County, TX is very conservative. In Upshur County, TX 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Upshur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.2%.
Upshur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gilmer, TX is strongly conservative.
Upshur County, Texas is very conservative.
Longview Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Gilmer, 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 Gilmer, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $27,413 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 337 contributions totaling $38,342 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)