The Woodlands, TX is a large suburb of Houston located in Montgomery County. It is an affluent area with a strong sense of community and local pride. Politically, The Woodlands leans heavily towards the Republican party, though it does have some Democratic support. Local elections in The Woodlands are generally quite competitive, as candidates from both parties vie for the votes of the area’s residents. The Woodlands is home to many different organizations and issues that are important to its citizens including economic development, public education and environmental conservation. In recent years, there has been a growing focus on addressing climate change as part of The Woodlands’ politics. Additionally, local leaders have made efforts to help small businesses while encouraging larger companies to move or expand into the area. Currently there are no specific political candidates representing The Woodlands due to its location within Montgomery County and the greater Houston metropolitan area, but voters in this community take their civic duty very seriously and will continue to hold their leaders accountable for making decisions that benefit all members of The Woodlands’ society.
The political climate in The Woodlands, TX is strongly 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
The Woodlands, TX is strongly 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.
The Woodlands, 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 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 The Woodlands, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,971 contributions totaling $1,356,344 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,786 contributions totaling $6,496,858 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $602 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)