The politics in 77079 Houston, TX are varied and largely depend on the population in the area. This area is made up of diverse communities including Latinx, African American, Asian American, and White residents. Each community has its own unique set of political values that influence their voting habits. Over the past few years the political landscape in 77079 Houston, TX has seen an increase in voter participation as well as an influx of new local political candidates who are attempting to represent some of these diverse communities. Though there is a wide range of views among the local population, issues such as education reform, criminal justice reform, healthcare access and racial equity continue to be highly contested topics amongst the electorate. Currently no specific names have been mentioned by any local political candidates running for office in 77079 Houston, TX but residents can expect to see more candidates emerging from this area over time.
The political climate in Zip 77079 (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 77079 (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 77079 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,654 contributions totaling $538,814 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,301 contributions totaling $2,686,777 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)