Politics in 77021 Houston, TX consist of representation by a variety of city and state elected officials ranging from the local Mayor, City Council Members and Constable to the State Senator and State Representative. The current Mayor is Sylvester Turner with the City Council made up of eight members representing each district of the city. The Harris County Constable Precinct 7 is currently held by May Walker who was first elected to this position in 2006. Representation at a state level is provided by Texas Senator Borris Miles and Texas House Representative Garnet Coleman who were both elected in 2016. Political participation and awareness is encouraged through civic engagement programs within the community as well as monthly town hall meetings for both local and state elected official representatives.
The political climate in Zip 77021 (Houston, TX) is moderately 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 77021 (Houston, TX) is moderately liberal.
Houston, Texas is moderately 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 77021 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,218 contributions totaling $177,084 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121 contributions totaling $28,291 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)