The politics in 77066 Houston, TX are heavily influenced by the city’s democratic majority. In the most recent election, the Houston mayoral race was won by Sylvester Turner, a Democrat who garnered 77% of all votes cast in 77066. Under his leadership, Houston has seen significant progress on issues such as infrastructure and affordable housing. Additionally, several progressive policies have been implemented to ensure social and economic justice for underserved residents. On the state level, Democratic Representative Garnet Coleman serves as a voice for constituents in 77066 and all of Texas. He works to protect vulnerable populations through initiatives such as voting rights restoration and expansion of healthcare access. Overall, it is clear that the politics of 77066 reflect the priorities of its population: progress over partisanship and fairness above all else.
The political climate in Zip 77066 (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 77066 (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 77066 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 270 contributions totaling $24,618 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 444 contributions totaling $79,439 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)