Houston, AL is a small community located in Lawrence County, Alabama. While it may be small in population, the area is filled with passionate and engaged residents who are actively involved in their local politics. The city of Houston has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor handling overall executive responsibilities for the municipality and the six-member council providing legislative oversight. All elected officials serve four year terms and are responsible for making decisions regarding local policies and budgets that affect the lives of all Houston residents. Recently, there have been several political initiatives proposed in Houston that have sparked considerable interest and dialogue within the community. Citizens have come together to discuss issues such as taxes, education, infrastructure improvements, economic development and environmental protection. These conversations provide an important opportunity for leaders to hear from their constituents on what matters most to them and how best they can be served by their local government.
The political climate in Zip 35572 (Houston, AL) is very conservative.
Winston County, AL is very conservative. In Winston County, AL 8.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 90.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 90.3% to 8.6%.
Winston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35572 (Houston, AL) is very conservative.
Houston, Alabama is very conservative.
Winston County, Alabama is very conservative.
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Alabama is strongly 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, Alabama: R R R R R R
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 35572 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $65 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $9,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)