Politically, the 77089 Houston, TX region is generally Democratic-leaning. The area is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by Democrat Shawn Thierry and in the Texas Senate by Democrat Borris Miles. In recent years, Houston has seen a rise in progressive politics and local candidates have embraced this trend. For instance, Mayor Sylvester Turner has provided significant support for renewable energy initiatives such as solar power and wind energy. Furthermore, city council member Dr. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz has been an advocate of criminal justice reform and proposed measures to reduce homelessness. Overall, the 77089 region is representative of Houston’s overall progressive orientation and is likely to remain a strong Democratic stronghold in future elections.
The political climate in Zip 77089 (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 77089 (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 77089 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 793 contributions totaling $53,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 263 contributions totaling $38,474 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)