Spring, TX is a city located in the Greater Houston area of Texas. The city's politics are largely dominated by the Republican Party, though there are also some Democratic voters. The Mayor of Spring is Dr. A. Robinson and she has been serving since 2003. There are several members of the City Council who are either Republicans or Democrats. These members are responsible for making decisions on city matters such as budgets, taxes, and public safety initiatives. Additionally, local elections take place every two years in order to elect the mayor and council members for four-year terms. Voter turnout in Spring is usually high due to its diverse population and strong interest in local politics.
The political climate in Spring, TX is leaning 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
Spring, TX is leaning 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.
Spring, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Spring, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 789 contributions totaling $37,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 383 contributions totaling $61,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)