Houston, TX 77078 is located in the heart of Harris County and is home to many families, businesses, and organizations. The city is heavily involved in politics and there are many local political candidates and parties that are vying for the attention of residents in 77078. Local elections take place every year to determine who represents the area in state and national government. Candidates from both major political parties, as well as various third parties participate in these elections. Many of these candidates focus on issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety initiatives, education reform, environmental protection, and more. Residents of 77078 are encouraged to stay informed about their local candidates so they can make an informed decision when voting.
The political climate in Zip 77078 (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 77078 (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 77078 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $7,917 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)