Smyer, TX is a small town located in the Texas Panhandle region. The city has a long history of being politically active and engaged in local issues. The residents are passionate about their community and come together to make sure that their voices are heard. Elections have been held regularly in Smyer for many years, and the current mayor is Joe Johnson, who was elected in 2017. In recent years, citizens have become increasingly involved in shaping policies that affect their day-to-day lives, with high voter turnout rates during local elections. Smyer has an active City Council which meets regularly to discuss laws and regulations affecting the city and its residents. Local candidates running for office take advantage of this platform by engaging with the locals to discuss their vision for the future of Smyer. Through civic engagement, locals have made their voices heard by voting for candidates that they believe will bring positive changes to the community while upholding its core values.
The political climate in Smyer, TX is strongly conservative.
Hockley County, TX is very conservative. In Hockley County, TX 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hockley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.3%.
Hockley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Smyer, TX is strongly conservative.
Hockley County, Texas is very conservative.
Levelland 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.
Smyer, 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 Smyer, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)