Lindale, TX is a small town with a population of just over 5,000 people located in Smith County. Despite its size, Lindale is an active and engaged community with strong ties to local politics. Many residents are actively involved in local elections, regularly attending campaign events and sharing candidates’ messages on social media. Candidates for local office often knock on doors in the area or discuss issues in public forums hosted by nonprofit organizations and civic groups. There are many opportunities for residents to get involved in the political process and make their voices heard. Local government initiatives are closely monitored by the community, who take pride in being informed about current events and making sure that their representatives are doing what's best for the citizens of Lindale.
The political climate in Lindale, 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
Lindale, 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.
Lindale, 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 Lindale, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,731 contributions totaling $110,392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 635 contributions totaling $120,627 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)