Gladewater, TX is a small city located in the northern part of Texas. It is a great place to live, work, and raise a family due to its friendly community and many amenities. The politics of Gladewater are generally characterized by local elections that focus on issues related to public safety, infrastructure, financial stability, and social services. The current mayor is John Brown who was elected in 2020 and has been working diligently to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Gladewater. There are several local political candidates vying for office in 2021 including Carl Smith and Joe Johnson. Both candidates have proposed innovative solutions to tackle problems such as poverty alleviation, improved access to healthcare services, job creation initiatives, and environmental conservation efforts. Regardless of who wins the election this year, it is clear that the people of Gladewater take their civic duties seriously and will continue to strive for progress in their community.
The political climate in Gladewater, TX is moderately conservative.
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
Gladewater, TX is moderately conservative.
Gregg 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.
Gladewater, 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 Gladewater, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $2,316 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 344 contributions totaling $49,310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)