The city of 75645 Gilmer, TX is a small community with a population of approximately 3,000 people. Located in the heart of East Texas, the town provides its residents with all the amenities and services needed to live a quality life. As far as politics in the area are concerned, 75645 Gilmer is governed by a mayor and five board members who have been elected to serve two-year terms. The main political parties represented in the local elections are Republican and Democrat. The Mayor and board members work together to ensure that the citizens’ needs are met by providing quality services while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Additionally, both political parties work hard to make sure that their constituents’ voices are heard by engaging in regular dialogue with concerned citizens and actively participating in civic events.
The political climate in Zip 75645 (Gilmer, TX) is very conservative.
Upshur County, TX is very conservative. In Upshur County, TX 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Upshur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.2%.
Upshur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75645 (Gilmer, TX) is very conservative.
Gilmer, Texas is very conservative.
Upshur 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.
Gilmer, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 75645 (Gilmer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,653 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $13,638 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)