Tyler, TX is located in Smith County and has a population of roughly 103,000 people. The city is politically active and offers a variety of local political candidates to choose from. The most notable candidates are Mayor Martin Heines, who has served since 2002, and City Council members Gary Swafford, Alanna Hightower, Don Warren, and Kevin Edgemon. These elected officials are dedicated to providing quality services to the citizens of Tyler including infrastructure improvements, economic development projects, and safety initiatives. Local elections are held every two years in May when residents can cast their votes for the candidate of their choice. The city also holds an annual ‘State of the City’ address where local priorities are discussed and progress is reported on various issues such as public safety and job creation. Overall the politics in 75707 Tyler, TX provide residents with information about their community and an opportunity to make their voices heard through voting in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 75707 (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 75707 (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 75707 (Tyler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 109 contributions totaling $11,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 507 contributions totaling $117,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)