The politics in the city of La Porte, TX (77571) are largely representative of larger trends in the state of Texas. Local representatives tend to be conservative and support traditional values. All state-level offices are held by Republicans, from Governor down to State Representatives. At the federal level, La Porte is part of the 2nd Congressional District and is represented by Congressman Dan Crenshaw. There are two main political parties in Texas: Republican and Democrat. The majority of La Porte residents identify as Republican, which is reflected in local elections. Civic engagement is highly encouraged and citizens have several opportunities each year to participate in local election processes for their city council members, school board trustees, mayor, and other positions.
The political climate in Zip 77571 (La Porte, 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 77571 (La Porte, TX) is leaning liberal.
La Porte, 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.
La Porte, 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 77571 (La Porte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 796 contributions totaling $51,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 511 contributions totaling $126,369 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)