Katy, Texas is a small city located in the west of Houston. The city has a population of roughly 19,000 people and is known for its strong sense of community and family-friendly atmosphere. Although the city is small, it is still an important part of the greater Houston metropolitan area and its politics are closely followed.
Local politics in Katy have been largely dominated by Republicans since the mid-1990s when many conservative voters moved to the area. However, there has been increasing support for Democrats in recent years as a result of growing diversity and more progressive attitudes towards certain issues such as immigration. In recent elections, local candidates have run on both sides of the political spectrum with varying degrees of success. Regardless of political affiliations, all candidates strive to improve conditions in Katy and make it a better place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 77493 (Katy, 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 77493 (Katy, TX) is leaning liberal.
Katy, 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.
Katy, 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 77493 (Katy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $20,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 391 contributions totaling $82,542 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)