The politics of 75602 Longview, TX are governed by the city's mayor and seven-member City Council. The mayor is elected in an at-large election held every two years. The City Council members are elected from single-member districts to staggered four-year terms. Local political candidates are determined through biennial primary elections and the general election that follows. 75602 Longview, TX has been a long time stronghold for the Democratic Party, with almost every local office being held by Democrats for decades. Local citizens have recently started to become more involved in their government through community meetings and involvement in initiatives such as neighborhood watch programs. Overall, the residents of 75602 Longview, TX take an active role in their local politics and strive to ensure their voices are heard on important issues affecting the district.
The political climate in Zip 75602 (Longview, TX) is moderately 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 75602 (Longview, TX) is moderately conservative.
Longview, Texas is moderately 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.
Longview, 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 75602 (Longview)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $1,171 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $14,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)