Tyler, TX is located in Smith County and has a population of over 105,000 people. The city's politics are largely dominated by the Republican Party, but there are also Democratic candidates running for local offices in Tyler. Currently, Mayor Martin Heines serves as the city's elected leader and is a champion of economic development and sustainability. In addition to Mayor Heines, a number of other politicians have held various positions within the city government. These individuals include council members Phil Deschwanden, Laura Miller and Jimi Williams Jr., who serve as representatives of their respective wards. Additionally, numerous political activists have been involved in local campaigns within Tyler, advocating on behalf of their beliefs and causes. As a result of these efforts from both Republicans and Democrats alike, Tyler remains an active hub for political activity with many issues being debated among its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 75702 (Tyler, TX) is moderately 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 75702 (Tyler, TX) is moderately conservative.
Tyler, Texas is moderately 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.
Tyler, 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 75702 (Tyler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 140 contributions totaling $36,357 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $89,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,087 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)