78159 Smiley, TX is a small community located in the state of Texas. It has a thriving economy and an active local government that works hard to ensure residents have access to essential services. The politics in 78159 Smiley, TX are primarily focused on maintaining the well-being of the community as a whole. Local political candidates strive to provide their constituents with quality issues like education, healthcare, public safety, and economic development. They also work hard to protect the rights of all citizens regardless of race, gender or orientation. In addition, they strive to create job opportunities for those who are interested in working within their local economy and increasing overall quality of life in the region.
The political climate in Zip 78159 (Smiley, TX) is strongly conservative.
Gonzales County, TX is very conservative. In Gonzales County, TX 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gonzales county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 25.5%.
Gonzales county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78159 (Smiley, TX) is strongly conservative.
Smiley, Texas is strongly conservative.
Gonzales County, Texas is very conservative.
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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.
Smiley, 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 78159 (Smiley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $4,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)