Houston, TX 77058 is a diverse and vibrant community with a range of political opinions. The area is represented in politics at both the state and federal levels. At the national level, Houston is served by 4 representatives in the US Congress, Democrat Sylvia Garcia representing District 29, Democrat Al Green representing District 9, Republican Dan Crenshaw representing District 2, and Republican Michael McCaul representing District 10. At the state level, Houston is served by Senator Borris Miles along with Representatives Jarvis Johnson and Armando Walle in Texas House of Representatives. There are also multiple active local political organizations that host events in the 77058 area such as the Houston Young Republicans, Harris County Young Democrats, and Alliance for Retired Americans.
The political climate in Zip 77058 (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 77058 (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 77058 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,321 contributions totaling $266,199 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 588 contributions totaling $126,814 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)