West University Place, TX is a small city located near Houston with a population of around 15,000. Despite its size, the city is politically active and has a number of initiatives in place to ensure citizens have their voices heard. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Monday of every month to discuss local issues. This council includes five elected officials who serve two-year terms and are chosen through local elections. Additional advisory boards are also established to help support the city's various departments. Through these boards, citizens can provide input on important policy decisions that impact West University Place.
The political climate in West University 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
West University 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.
West University 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 West University 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)