Huntsville, TX is a small city located in 77342 with a population of approximately 40,000 people. It has a long history of strong local government and community involvement. The City Council is made up of six members who are elected at-large to serve two-year terms. The Mayor is also elected by the public, and acts as the head of the city’s executive branch. In addition, groups like the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Huntsville Economic Development Corporation work to improve economic conditions in the city by working with local businesses and organizations. Through local initiatives, citizens are encouraged to get involved in their government through attending council meetings and voting in elections. With its commitment to community engagement and economic development, 77342 Huntsville, TX is an excellent example of how strong local politics can help a city thrive.
The political climate in Zip 77342 (Huntsville, TX) is somewhat 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 77342 (Huntsville, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Huntsville, Texas is somewhat 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 77342 (Huntsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $19,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)