Houston, TX is a vibrant and diverse city with many different political views. Within the 77071 zip code, there are several political organizations that work to represent the citizens of this area. The Houston City Council includes nine representatives that serve as direct representatives for their districts, including District F which covers most of the 77071 zip code. In addition to the City Council, Houstonians in 77071 are represented by State Representatives who have offices in the district and advocate for constituents at the state level. At the national level, constituents in 77071 are represented by U.S. Congressman Al Green and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz who both visit regularly to meet with citizens and discuss important issues affecting Texans nationwide.
The political climate in Zip 77071 (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 77071 (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 77071 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 546 contributions totaling $42,446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $19,765 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)