The city of Tyler, TX (75701) is located in Smith County and is the county seat. The politics in the Tyler region are heavily influenced by the state of Texas. In terms of governance, Tyler is represented by a mayor and six-member city council, who are all elected from across the city on a nonpartisan basis. The city also has various boards and commissions to advise and assist the City Council on different matters. On the state level, Tyler is part of District 5 of the Texas House of Representatives and District 1 of the Texas Senate, which includes most of Smith County. At the federal level, Tyler is part of Texas’s 1st Congressional District and represented by Congressman Louie Gohmert in Washington D.C. As one can see, 75701 Tyler TX has a diverse political landscape which is shaped both at local and state levels, as well as having representation at a federal level.
The political climate in Zip 75701 (Tyler, TX) is strongly conservative.
Smith County, TX is very conservative. In Smith County, TX 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.5%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75701 (Tyler, TX) is strongly conservative.
Tyler, Texas is strongly conservative.
Smith County, Texas is very conservative.
Tyler 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.
Tyler, 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 75701 (Tyler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,669 contributions totaling $85,141 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,115 contributions totaling $628,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $564 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)