Houston, TX 77047 is located in Harris County, and as such, it falls under the jurisdiction of the local government of Harris County. The county is represented by the Commissioners Court, which is comprised of four elected commissioners who serve four-year terms. Their responsibilities include oversight of county activities such as taxation, budgeting and procurement. Additionally, there are various judgeships that exist within the court. As for local politics in 77047 Houston, TX, voters elect a state representative and senator to represent their interests at the state level. Additionally, the U.S. Congress member representing 77047 Houston is Sylvia Garcia from Texas' 29th Congressional District. In 2020, Texas will hold its presidential primary election on March 3rd when citizens in 77047 Houston can cast their ballots for the candidate of their choice to become President of the United States.
The political climate in Zip 77047 (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 77047 (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 77047 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 905 contributions totaling $31,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $3,964 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)