Tyler, TX is a vibrant and bustling city in East Texas. Historically, it has been an important political hub for the state, as evidenced by its active role in both the Texas Revolution and the Civil War. Today, Tyler remains an important center of politics for the state. It is home to numerous civic organizations such as the Smith County Republican Women and Sons of Confederate Veterans that are active in shaping local policy and politics. The area also holds regular meetings of the county commissioners court and other elected government officials. Major political issues concerning Tyler include education reform, economic development, health care access, environmental protection, infrastructure investments, and taxes. Politicians in Tyler have a responsibility to represent their constituents while making decisions that will benefit their communities as a whole.
The political climate in Tyler, TX is somewhat 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
Tyler, TX is somewhat 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.
Tyler, 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 Tyler, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,302 contributions totaling $766,606 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11,904 contributions totaling $7,653,509 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $643 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)