Politics in Longview, TX are an important part of the local culture. The city is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by Jay Dean, who is a Republican and serves District 6. State Senator Bryan Hughes represents the citizens of Longview at the state level and he is also a Republican. In addition to these two representatives, Longview has representation on the Gregg County Commissioners Court by Commissioner Terry Nelson. As a whole, politics in Longview generally reflect a conservative viewpoint while still remaining open to progressive ideas. The city hosts several events throughout the year that bring together both parties to discuss local and statewide issues affecting residents. Local political participation has been high over the years as citizens come out to vote in large numbers for their preferred candidates during elections.
The political climate in Longview, TX is somewhat 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
Longview, TX is somewhat 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.
Longview, 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 Longview, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,724 contributions totaling $502,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,885 contributions totaling $987,593 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)