Houston, TX is the largest city in the state with a population of around 2.3 million, and it is an important political center. As part of this large metropolitan area, 77091 is no exception to its local political activity. The Houston City Council serves as the legislative authority for the city, representing the 11 district councils that make up Houston. Each district council elects one representative to serve on the Houston City Council and their job is to ensure that local residents in 77091 have access to quality public services and resources. Additionally, residents in 77091 are represented at the federal level by two U.S. Senators and 12 members of Congress from Texas’s 29th District. With all these levels of government involved, politics are always changing in 77091 Houston, TX as well as throughout Texas and beyond!
The political climate in Zip 77091 (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 77091 (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 77091 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 283 contributions totaling $22,056 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $14,822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)