Deer Park, TX is a vibrant and growing community located in the Houston metropolitan area. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government with the mayor and six council members who are elected from single member districts. The city offers its citizens many services, including quality schools, public safety programs, recreational opportunities, and economic development initiatives. The political landscape in Deer Park is also varied; both Democratic and Republican candidates are popular among city voters. In recent years, the city has seen an increase in voter participation due to its close proximity to major cities like Houston and Galveston. This has led to more competitive races between both parties as they vie for local leadership positions. With so much at stake for this rapidly changing community, it's no wonder that politics in Deer Park has become so important to its residents.
The political climate in Deer Park, 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
Deer Park, 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.
Deer Park, 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 Deer Park, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,701 contributions totaling $133,274 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,567 contributions totaling $277,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)