Gladewater, TX is a small city located in the state of Texas. The population of Gladewater is around 5,500 people. It has a mayor-council form of government which consists of a mayor and five council members. The current mayor of Gladewater is Blake Harper who was elected in 2019. He is supported by two city administrators, the assistant to the mayor and a number of department heads. Each year there are elections for the council including those for mayor. Local political candidates in Gladewater generally focus on issues related to infrastructure, education, public safety and economic development. Recently, there has been much discussion about improving the roads and sidewalks around town as well as increasing access to educational opportunities for children in the area. Additionally, efforts are being made to bring new businesses into the city so that more jobs can be created and more money can be put back into local community projects.
The political climate in Zip 75647 (Gladewater, TX) is strongly 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
Zip 75647 (Gladewater, TX) is strongly conservative.
Gladewater, Texas is strongly 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.
Gladewater, 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 75647 (Gladewater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $24,655 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)