Tyler, TX is a vibrant city located in northeast Texas. It is the county seat of Smith County and has been a hub for political activity throughout its history. The current mayor of Tyler is Barbara Bass, who was elected in 2014. On the local level, Tyler is represented by Governor Greg Abbott and numerous state legislators, including Senator Robert Nichols, Representative Matt Schaefer and Representative Travis Clardy. All of these officials are Republicans committed to representing the interests of the people living in Tyler and ensuring their voices are heard at all levels of government. Additionally, there are several groups that actively work to keep the citizens informed on important issues impacting their community. These include the Smith County Republican Party, Smith County Tea Party Patriots and Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. There are also various organizations dedicated to promoting democracy through voter education, registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns. Together these efforts ensure that citizens in Tyler stay up to date on local politics and have a voice in their government.
The political climate in Zip 75706 (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 75706 (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 75706 (Tyler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $11,123 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $11,838 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)