Montgomery, Texas is a small town located in Montgomery County in the southeastern part of the state. The town has a long history of involvement in politics, with numerous local and regional politicians having either been born or lived there at some point. The current Mayor of Montgomery is Sara Countryman, who was elected to her first term in 2018 and is running for reelection this year. Other local political figures include Congressman Kevin Brady, who has held his seat since 1997, and State Senator Brandon Creighton, who was first elected in 2010. At the county level, Judge Mark Keough serves as the County Judge while also holding the position of County Commissioner Precinct 1. Montgomery County also has four Republican representatives in the House of Representatives and two representatives in the Senate. All these people work hard to ensure that their constituents’ needs are met and that their voices are heard through legislation passed at the local, state, or federal level.
The political climate in Zip 77356 (Montgomery, TX) is very conservative.
Montgomery County, TX is very conservative. In Montgomery County, TX 27.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 27.4%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77356 (Montgomery, TX) is very conservative.
Montgomery, Texas is very conservative.
Montgomery County, Texas is very conservative.
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.
Montgomery, Texas: R R R R R R
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 77356 (Montgomery)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 913 contributions totaling $171,995 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,739 contributions totaling $522,547 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)