Houston, TX 77075 is a diverse area with a mix of urban, suburban and rural areas. The political environment of the area is very dynamic and active. The Houston City Council represents the district for local legislative matters, and is comprised of nine members elected from nine districts within the city limits. In 77075 Houston, TX, Mayor Sylvester Turner leads the city council and provides executive oversight to all city departments. Additionally, representatives in both the US House of Representatives and the Texas House of Representatives serve the citizens in Houston 77075. On a national level, US Senator Ted Cruz and US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee represent constituents in this area on important issues such as immigration reform, healthcare reform, education policy and poverty reduction. Local candidates also run for office during elections to provide representation at even more granular levels.
The political climate in Zip 77075 (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 77075 (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 77075 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91 contributions totaling $4,972 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $13,366 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)