Houston, TX 77046 is a vibrant and culturally diverse area in the heart of Houston. It is home to a wide variety of political groups and candidates from all major parties. In recent years, the local politics have been heavily influenced by community-driven initiatives that focus on improving education, infrastructure, public safety, and overall quality of life. Local candidates for office often come from a variety of backgrounds and ideologies, including progressive Democrats, conservative Republicans, independent activists, and others. Issues addressed by these political figures range from environmental protection to economic development. As Houston residents continue to fight for improved living conditions in their neighborhoods, their political representatives strive to represent their interests at the highest levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 77046 (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 77046 (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 77046 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 733 contributions totaling $387,703 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $529 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 317 contributions totaling $715,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)