The Tyler, TX Metro Area is located in Smith County in East Texas and is home to over 200,000 people. The area has a strong Republican base with Republican candidates consistently being elected to serve in its local political offices. In the recent November 2020 elections, all three of Smith County's state representatives were Republican. On the county level, all five commissioners were also Republicans. This reflects the conservative values that are shared by many residents of Tyler and its surrounding communities. As part of their community service, these officials work hard to ensure that the needs of locals are adequately addressed. With a strong history of voting for conservative candidates, it is clear that politics plays an important role in the Tyler Metro Area.
The political climate in Tyler Metro Area is very conservative.
In Tyler Metro Area 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, the Tyler metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.5%.
The Tyler metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Tyler Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,508 contributions totaling $419,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,633 contributions totaling $2,954,711 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $525 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)