The politics of 77056 Houston, TX are diverse and complex. The area is represented by the United States Congressmen Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee, along with other state representatives from the Texas House of Representatives and Senate. Local government is run by a mayor-council system of government, where the mayor is responsible for the executive branch while city council members form the legislative branch. The local government focuses on helping those in need in 77056 Houston, TX, such as providing services to the homeless, supporting small businesses, promoting public safety and youth programs. Furthermore, there are several citizens’ groups that form part of the political scene in 77056 Houston, TX which actively engage with local candidates. Various stakeholders from community groups also participate in ensuring that their interests are addressed and that their voices are heard by politicians at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 77056 (Houston, TX) is somewhat 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
Zip 77056 (Houston, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Houston, Texas is somewhat 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.
Houston, 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 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 77056 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,749 contributions totaling $2,274,315 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,564 contributions totaling $5,760,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,616 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)