Houston鈥檚 77013 zip code is located in the city鈥檚 Spring Branch West neighborhood. It is a diverse and vibrant community with a mix of both residential and commercial properties. Politically, Houston is a heavily Democratic city; in the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton won over 70% of the vote in Harris County. As such, most of the local political candidates are Democrats. However, there are Republicans who still contest for local office every election cycle and sometimes even win. In addition to federal representatives like Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee, there are several state legislators that represent Houston鈥檚 77013 zip code. These legislators work to ensure that all residents have adequate access to resources like quality education systems, infrastructure improvements, public safety measures, and other important services that allow them to lead healthy and prosperous lives.
The political climate in Zip 77013 (Houston, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Harris County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Harris County, TX 55.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harris county remained strongly Democratic, 55.9% to 42.7%.
Harris county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77013 (Houston, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Houston, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Harris County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Houston, Texas: R R d d D D
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 77013 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $8,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $60,453 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)