The politics in Houston, TX zip code 77090 are largely determined by the greater Houston area. At the local level, the most influential political leaders are Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. Residents of this area often vote along party lines with Democratic candidates receiving more support than Republicans in most recent elections. Additionally, the area is represented at the state level by Senator Borris Miles and Representative Jarvis Johnson who are both Democrats. The region is also home to numerous organizations such as Project Row Houses which focus on community engagement and civic education. Overall, 77090 Houston, TX has a vibrant political culture that often centers around issues of economic development, education reform, and social justice.
The political climate in Zip 77090 (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 77090 (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 77090 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 984 contributions totaling $171,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 331 contributions totaling $129,728 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)