Gregg County, Texas is part of the Texarkana metropolitan statistical area and is situated in the northern part of the state. The county is governed by a five-member board of county commissioners, elected to serve staggered four-year terms in partisan elections. Gregg County also maintains a professional staff that helps ensure that all services are maintained efficiently and effectively. The county has a thriving local economy with an unemployment rate far below the national average. Additionally, Gregg County boasts strong public educational systems from elementary to high school as well as several post-secondary educational institutions. With its strong focus on economic development, education, and public safety, Gregg County is well positioned to maintain its vibrant political landscape for years to come.
The political climate in Gregg County, TX is very conservative.
In Gregg County, TX 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gregg county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.8%.
Gregg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gregg County, TX 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.
Gregg, 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 Gregg County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,378 contributions totaling $227,870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,970 contributions totaling $500,349 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)