The politics in 77040 Houston, TX are mainly determined by the local and state government. In terms of local government, this area is included in Houston City Council District J, represented by council member Mike Laster since 2016. At the state level, 77040 is part of Texas State Senate District 13, which is currently held by Borris Miles. Both of these representatives work to ensure that the needs and interests of residents in this area are being met. They focus on issues such as education reform, public safety, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. The political process in 77040 Houston, TX also involves voting for representatives at both the city and state levels during elections, as well as participating in grassroots initiatives to bring about change.
The political climate in Zip 77040 (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 77040 (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 77040 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,148 contributions totaling $89,959 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 770 contributions totaling $302,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)