Houston is the largest city in Texas and has a rich history of politics. In the 77055 area, Houstonians take part in local and national elections to ensure their voices are heard. During election time, residents of this area usually focus on issues that matter most to them such as education, public safety, transportation, housing affordability, and healthcare. There are many organizations dedicated to getting out the vote in 77055, such as the League of Women Voters- Houston which helps citizens understand their rights and responsibilities as voters. Additionally, there are numerous local political candidates who run for office in order to serve their community. They focus on improving the quality of life and making sure citizens' needs are met adequately. Overall, Houston and 77055 have an active political climate that aims to make positive changes for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 77055 (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 77055 (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 77055 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,979 contributions totaling $430,287 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,483 contributions totaling $1,618,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,092 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)