The 77024 zip code of Houston, TX is located in southeast Houston and is home to a diverse population. The population is comprised of families, college students, retirees, and professionals looking to purchase a home near the bustling city life. The area is served by both the Houston Independent School District as well as the Alief Independent School District, providing residents with access to quality education and resources. Politically, the area leans liberal and has voted for Democratic Presidential candidates since 2000. There are several political offices held by Democrats in Harris County that directly affect the people living in 77024 Houston, TX including Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, and US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee among others. Residents have the opportunity to use their voice at the polls as well as get involved in local campaigns or civic organizations that strive to make their communities better places.
The political climate in Zip 77024 (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 77024 (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 77024 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,820 contributions totaling $2,715,464 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $347 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,180 contributions totaling $16,320,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,641 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)