La Porte, TX is a city located in Harris County, Texas. It has a population of 33,800 according to the 2020 census. Politically, La Porte is part of the 22nd Congressional District which is held by Republican Congressman Randy Weber. The city council consists of a mayor and five council members who are elected at large for three-year terms. The current mayor is Louis Rigby who was elected in 2019 and his term will expire in 2022. The City Council meets twice monthly to discuss local issues and policies that affect the citizens of La Porte. All meetings are open to the public and residents are encouraged to participate in their local government. La Porte also encourages voting with polling places located throughout the city on Election Day. All eligible voters should take advantage of this opportunity to have their voices heard and help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in La Porte, 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
La Porte, 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.
La Porte, 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 La Porte, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,501 contributions totaling $122,475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,383 contributions totaling $254,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)