Houston, TX 77059 is an area within the city of Houston that serves as a vibrant and diverse community. The local politics in this area focus on policies that improve the quality of life for its residents. These policies include increasing access to quality education, expanding public safety measures, improving transportation infrastructure, and promoting environmental sustainability. Local political candidates in this area typically reflect these values and strive to work with both citizens and businesses to further the progress made in areas such as healthcare, housing affordability, economic development and job opportunities. Additionally, many of the local candidates are heavily involved in initiatives such as civic engagement events, food drives, youth programs and community outreach activities. Through their work within the 77059 Houston area, these candidates strive to make a positive impact on the community they serve.
The political climate in Zip 77059 (Houston, 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
Zip 77059 (Houston, TX) is leaning liberal.
Houston, Texas 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.
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 77059 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,625 contributions totaling $383,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 738 contributions totaling $200,238 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)