Friendswood, TX is situated in the 77546 zip code and is home to a friendly and diverse community. Politically, the city is predominantly Republican-leaning. Local elections are frequently contested between candidates from both major parties, with several local races gaining significant levels of attention among residents of Friendswood. A primary focus for many local political conversations surrounds issues such as education funding, public safety efforts, economic development initiatives, and housing affordability standards. The area’s representatives at the state level are generally conservative in their politics, which often aligns with the views of many local residents. Voter turnout in Friendswood has been consistently high over the years, indicating that citizens are actively engaged in local political matters and take an active role in deciding who will represent them.
The political climate in Zip 77546 (Friendswood, TX) is moderately conservative.
Galveston County, TX is moderately conservative. In Galveston County, TX 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Galveston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Galveston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77546 (Friendswood, TX) is moderately conservative.
Friendswood, Texas is moderately conservative.
Galveston County, Texas is moderately conservative.
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.
Friendswood, Texas: 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 77546 (Friendswood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,985 contributions totaling $405,626 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,875 contributions totaling $387,376 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)