Tomball, TX is a small city located in Harris County, Texas. It is known for its strong sense of community and its dedication to preserving its historic roots. The politics in Tomball, TX reflect the values of its citizens: they tend to be focused on issues that directly affect the city such as infrastructure, public safety, economic development, and education. The local government is comprised of a mayor and four council members who are elected by the people of Tomball. The current mayor is Gretchen Fagan and the four current council members are Will Arnold, Chris Roberts, Joe Manning Jr., and Chase Eringer. These individuals work together to ensure that Tomball remains a vibrant city that meets the needs of its citizens. They focus on maintaining an efficient government while also investing in projects that benefit residents such as new roads, parks, and public events. With their commitment to listening to citizens' views and making decisions based on facts and data rather than political ideologies or agendas, Tomball's government works hard to ensure it continues to provide quality services while representing everyone's best interests.
The political climate in Tomball, 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
Tomball, 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.
Tomball, 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 Tomball, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,359 contributions totaling $173,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,853 contributions totaling $911,090 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)