Located in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area of Texas, the city of Katy is a medium sized town with a population of around 18,000 people. Politics in 77450 Katy, TX are led by an elected city council that works on behalf of the citizens. The council members are responsible for setting policy and passing ordinances to benefit the community. The current mayor is Chuck Brawner, who has held office since 2015. Other local political offices in 77450 Katy, TX include the state representatives and senators, who work on behalf of the region on both state and national matters. In addition to traditional political offices, there are also various organizations and non-profits dedicated to improving quality of life in 77450 Katy, TX such as the Katy Community Foundation and Greater Houston Partnership. These organizations strive to create a more prosperous future for all citizens through initiatives that promote economic development, education, healthcare, and social services.
The political climate in Zip 77450 (Katy, TX) is leaning 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 77450 (Katy, TX) is leaning liberal.
Katy, Texas is leaning 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.
Katy, 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 77450 (Katy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,342 contributions totaling $313,237 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,771 contributions totaling $1,698,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $959 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)