The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area is a vibrant region, with an active political scene. Politicians from both major parties regularly debate the issues facing residents and businesses in the area. The area contains numerous local and state representatives who are elected to serve their constituents. These representatives are responsible for advocating for their respective areas when it comes to legislative matters. Their work also involves working with community groups and organizations to make sure that the best policies and regulations are put in place for everyone in the area. Local elections are held every two years, giving citizens the opportunity to choose candidates that they feel will best represent them and their interests. In addition to local politicians, federal representatives from Texas also have a large presence in this metro area, ensuring that laws created by Congress can be effectively implemented at a local level.
The political climate in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metro Area 50.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area remained narrowly Democratic, 50.6% to 48.1%.
The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas: R R r R 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 253,536 contributions totaling $54,713,909 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121,855 contributions totaling $107,599,126 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $883 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)