Houston 77080 is an area located in the southwest part of Houston, TX. This area is home to many diverse neighborhoods and communities, and it is represented by several local political candidates. Local residents are actively involved in the political process by voting for their preferred candidates, attending public forums, and discussing the local issues that affect them. Recently, some of the major topics discussed have been immigration reform, affordable housing, economic development, education, and transportation. All these topics are important to the local community in 77080 Houston, TX as they directly impact its residents. Residents in this area also want to see more investment in renewable energy sources as well as improved infrastructure throughout the neighborhood. With so many important issues at stake for Houston 77080 residents, it will be interesting to see how its representatives work together to address them all while representing their constituents’ interests.
The political climate in Zip 77080 (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 77080 (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 77080 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,112 contributions totaling $83,414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 610 contributions totaling $110,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)