The city of Emerald Bay, TX is home to a small but passionate population of citizens. Despite its small size, the politics in Emerald Bay are vitally important to local residents, as the decisions made by elected officials can have a major impact on their daily lives. From taxes to zoning laws, local elections are often hotly contested and determine who will represent the views of the community. On Election Day, residents come out in droves to cast their votes for candidates they believe will do what's best for their city. The issues at stake vary from year to year but are always passionately debated and ultimately decided by those who live in Emerald Bay.
The political climate in Emerald Bay, 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
Emerald Bay, TX 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.
Emerald Bay, 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 Emerald Bay, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $10,767 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $66,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)