The politics in 77070 Houston, TX are closely related to the larger state-wide issues and topics. The precinct is represented by a variety of elected officials who work together to represent the interests of their constituents. At the federal level, the area is served by U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. Residents of 77070 also have a voice in state government, with State Representative Jessica Farrar representing them at the Texas House of Representatives. The Harris County Commissioners Court currently includes Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who represents the eastern part of Precinct One encompassing 77070 Houston, TX. In addition to these elected officials, local politics are heavily influenced by regular municipal elections as well as ballot initiatives on important topics like education spending or public safety funding.
The political climate in Zip 77070 (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 77070 (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 77070 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,988 contributions totaling $118,714 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 917 contributions totaling $353,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $386 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)