Houston, Texas is located in zip code 77092 and is home to a diverse population of people who have different political beliefs. The city has a wide variety of candidates for local political offices that serve the needs of the community. In Houston, TX, there are two main political parties: The Republican and Democratic Party. Both have strong support within the city and various local politicians from both parties have filled positions on City Council, Texas State Legislature, US Congress, as well as multiple other mayoral offices throughout the city. As an example, Lina Hidalgo is currently serving as Harris County Judge and is a Democrat. In addition to running for office and supporting their respective party platforms, candidates from each party also focus on issues that are important to the local community such as public safety and economic development. Local residents have many options when it comes to deciding who they want to represent them in government.
The political climate in Zip 77092 (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 77092 (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 77092 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 709 contributions totaling $65,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 289 contributions totaling $72,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)