The politics in the 77026 Houston, TX area are largely influenced by the city's diverse population. With a population of over 40,000 people, the district is home to many different ethnicities, religions, and cultures. These include African American, Latino/Hispanic, Asian American, and White. Each of these populations elects representatives to serve on the Houston City Council as well as other municipal bodies. The people of this district are also very politically active with many engaging in voter registration drives and other forms of civic engagement. This ensures that their voices are heard in the political process. In addition to local political candidates from each population, voters can also choose from several major political parties such as Republican and Democrat when voting for representation at a state or national level.
The political climate in Zip 77026 (Houston, TX) is moderately 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 77026 (Houston, TX) is moderately liberal.
Houston, Texas is moderately 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 77026 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $5,361 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $12,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,606 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)