Porter Heights, TX is a small town located in the eastern part of Texas. It is home to a diverse population and has a vibrant political culture. The City Council oversees all local government matters, and elections are held every two years to determine who will represent the city and its citizens. The Mayor is elected by the people and works with the City Council to make decisions that affect the community. In addition to local politics, Porter Heights also participates in state and federal elections, allowing residents to have their voices heard on issues of importance at all levels of government. There is also an active civic engagement scene that allows citizens to become involved in shaping public policy in Porter Heights through petitions, protests, community forums, and more. Overall, politics in Porter Heights are vibrant and important to the community as it shapes how local issues are resolved and how resources are allocated.
The political climate in Porter Heights, 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
Porter Heights, 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.
Porter Heights, 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 Porter Heights, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 309 contributions totaling $50,398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 477 contributions totaling $61,159 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)