Gunter, TX has a population of 1,724 people and is located in Grayson County. Despite its small size, the town of Gunter has a dynamic political scene. The local government consists of a Mayor and City Council members who act as the legislative body for the city. They are responsible for establishing ordinances and regulations to ensure that Gunter runs smoothly. In addition, the city also has representation at the county level of government through the Grayson County Commissioners Court. The elected representatives from this court work to ensure that Gunter's needs are taken care of at a higher level. Every two years residents of Gunter can elect their mayor and city council members in local elections held in May. This is an important part of resident involvement in the political process and allows citizens to have their voices heard on matters such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and other issues affecting the town.
The political climate in Zip 75058 (Gunter, TX) is very conservative.
Grayson County, TX is very conservative. In Grayson County, TX 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grayson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.4%.
Grayson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75058 (Gunter, TX) is very conservative.
Gunter, Texas is very conservative.
Grayson County, Texas is very conservative.
Sherman-Denison 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.
Gunter, 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 75058 (Gunter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $1,521 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $23,585 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)