Lindale is a small town located in Smith County, Texas and has a population of around 5,000 residents. It is part of the Tyler metropolitan statistical area and is located just east of Interstate 20 in northeastern Texas. Despite its small size, Lindale is an active community politically. The town is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the current mayor being Kenneth Rushing. In addition to the mayor’s office, there are also four City Council members who each serve a two year term. Residents of Lindale can also vote for other local political candidates such as members of Congress and state representatives. Many local organizations in the area support candidates for various offices at all levels including the city level. There are also several grassroots organizations in Lindale that focus on pushing for political change and reform throughout their community as well as in the state at large.
The political climate in Zip 75771 (Lindale, TX) is very 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
Zip 75771 (Lindale, TX) is very conservative.
Lindale, Texas is very 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.
Lindale, 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 75771 (Lindale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,507 contributions totaling $88,146 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 525 contributions totaling $96,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)