Houston, TX is a prominent city in the state of Texas and its 77050 zip code contains several important political figures. It is represented in Congress by Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee, both Democrats in the House of Representatives. At the state level, Senator Borris Miles represents Houston's Senate District 13. The district is also served by Representative Shawn Thierry in the Texas House of Representatives. On the local level, Houston City Council Member Abbie Kamin serves District C which encompasses 77050. Other local politicians include County Commissioners Rodney Ellis and Adrian Garcia, as well as Tax Assessor-Collector Ann Harris Bennett. All these leaders are actively working to ensure that their constituents receive quality services and protection from any governmental injustices. Additionally, they are working together to make sure that Houston remains one of the most vibrant cities in the country with job opportunities for its residents and economic stability for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 77050 (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 77050 (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 77050 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $5,137 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $583 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)