Southside Place, TX is a small city located in the Houston metropolitan area. It is known for its vibrant and engaged political atmosphere. The town has always had an active role in local politics, with citizens engaging in discussions on important topics such as education, infrastructure, public safety, and environmental protection. Every election season, local political candidates run for mayor and council positions to bring their vision to the Town of Southside Place. Candidates come from various backgrounds and typically are passionate about issues that affect the community. This enthusiasm has led Southside Place to become a leader in the region when it comes to active civic engagement and creating positive change within the city limits.
The political climate in Southside Place, 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
Southside Place, 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.
Southside Place, 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 Southside Place, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,271 contributions totaling $5,756,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,355 contributions totaling $2,427,323 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $723 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)