Pearland, TX is a city primarily located in Brazoria County with parts extending into Harris County. The city of Pearland has seen significant growth in recent years, now being home to over 91,000 people. As a result, the political landscape of Pearland is ever-evolving. Citizens of Pearland have the opportunity to become politically engaged by participating in local elections and getting involved with local campaigns. Depending on the election cycle, voters may choose from a number of candidates that are vying for seats on the City Council or Mayor's Office. Issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvement, and public safety are regularly debated during campaign season. Additionally, members of Pearland's active citizenry have numerous opportunities to engage with their government through community outreach and town hall meetings.
The political climate in Zip 77581 (Pearland, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Brazoria County, TX is moderately conservative. In Brazoria County, TX 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brazoria county remained very strongly Republican, 58.3% to 40.2%.
Brazoria county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77581 (Pearland, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Pearland, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Brazoria County, Texas is moderately conservative.
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.
Pearland, 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 77581 (Pearland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,580 contributions totaling $85,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 910 contributions totaling $462,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $508 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)