Webster, TX is an area located along the northern edge of Houston in Harris County. While the city does not have its own local government or elected officials, it is part of the Clear Creek Independent School District and is represented on the Harris County Commissioners Court by Commissioner Jack Morman. Residents of Webster take part in state and national elections, voting for candidates to represent them at all levels of government. Though there are no specific local issues, many residents are passionate about issues that impact their community such as public education, infrastructure improvements and environmental protection. With its proximity to Houston and strong sense of civic duty, Webster takes politics seriously and has a vibrant political life.
The political climate in Webster, TX is moderately 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
Webster, TX is moderately 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.
Webster, 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 Webster, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,628 contributions totaling $996,913 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,657 contributions totaling $674,258 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)