The town of Hempstead, Texas is located in Waller County and has a population of 6,300. It is an agricultural area with a variety of family-owned businesses. The politics in 77445 Hempstead, TX are centered around the local races for City Council and Mayor. The current mayor is Bill Tatum Jr., who was re-elected in May 2019. The candidates for the upcoming City Council election include Jeff Jonas, Stacey Harrison, and Brian Mays. These candidates have different views on how to best address issues facing the community such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, and public safety. All candidates share a commitment to improving quality of life in Hempstead and working together to build a better future for all residents.
The political climate in Zip 77445 (Hempstead, TX) is moderately conservative.
Waller County, TX is strongly conservative. In Waller County, TX 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waller county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 36.0%.
Waller county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77445 (Hempstead, TX) is moderately conservative.
Hempstead, Texas is moderately conservative.
Waller County, Texas is strongly 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.
Hempstead, 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 77445 (Hempstead)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 63 contributions totaling $7,758 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 376 contributions totaling $126,279 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)