The city of Tyler, TX (zip code 75705) is the county seat of Smith County and offers a variety of political opportunities to its residents. The city is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Louie Gohmert, who was reelected in 2018. At the state level, District 5 is represented by Texas House Member Matt Schaefer and District 1 is represented by Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes. These representatives are responsible for issues such as transportation, public safety, education and economic development within the city limits. Additionally, local government offices include the Mayor and City Council members who manage services such as police and fire departments, water utilities, crime prevention resources. Residents of Tyler can participate in their local politics by attending meetings or voting on important decisions during elections.
The political climate in Zip 75705 (Tyler, TX) is strongly 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 75705 (Tyler, TX) is strongly conservative.
Tyler, Texas is strongly 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 75705 (Tyler)
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 9 contributions totaling $4,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $531 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)