Houston is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States. The 77039 zip code makes up a small portion of the city, located in northeast Houston near the suburbs of Humble and Kingwood. In this area, there are two local representatives who work to represent their constituents’ interests. Representative John Culberson represents District 7 in the House of Representatives, while Senator Ted Cruz represents Texas in the Senate. Both representatives have worked on several pieces of legislation related to taxation, immigration, health care, energy policy and gun control. They actively engage with their constituents through town hall meetings, various forums and social media platforms. Local issues such as education funding, road improvement projects and public safety are also paramount concerns for these politicians. Residents of 77039 can rely on their elected officials to do their best to ensure the area remains prosperous and secure.
The political climate in Zip 77039 (Houston, TX) is somewhat 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 77039 (Houston, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Houston, Texas is somewhat 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 77039 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $6,937 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $8,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)