Huntsville, Texas is a vibrant and culturally diverse city located in Walker County. It has a population of around 38,500 and is the county seat for Walker County. The political landscape in Huntsville is strongly influenced by its proximity to Houston, the state capital of Texas. There are a variety of local political groups that seek to engage citizens in the decision-making process. The Walker County Elections Office provides citizens with an opportunity to register to vote in local elections and cast their ballots at polling places throughout the county. In addition, numerous candidates run for various municipal offices each election cycle, giving locals an opportunity to make their voices heard through their votes. With numerous issues that impact the city of Huntsville directly, such as economic development and infrastructure improvements, it’s important for citizens to stay informed on who will be representing them on these key issues.
The political climate in Zip 77340 (Huntsville, TX) is moderately conservative.
Walker County, TX is strongly conservative. In Walker County, TX 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.4%.
Walker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77340 (Huntsville, TX) is moderately conservative.
Huntsville, Texas is moderately conservative.
Walker County, Texas is strongly conservative.
Huntsville Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Huntsville, Texas: R R R R R R
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 77340 (Huntsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 515 contributions totaling $34,177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 415 contributions totaling $58,044 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)