Porter, TX is located in Montgomery County and is a small rural town with a population of approximately 3,700. Politics in this area are largely conservative in nature, with the Republican Party dominating local elections. The most recent election, held in November of 2020, saw a Republican candidate win the county’s Commissioner’s Court race for while there were other candidates as well, their campaigns were not widely recognized and did not gain enough momentum to be competitive against the Republican candidate. As a result, the GOP remains firmly entrenched in Porter politics. Additionally, many of the current elected officials across Montgomery County have held their positions for multiple terms due to their popularity among constituents. Overall, Porter has remained a stronghold for Republican-dominated politics over the last few years.
The political climate in Zip 77365 (Porter, TX) is strongly conservative.
Montgomery County, TX is very conservative. In Montgomery County, TX 27.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 27.4%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77365 (Porter, TX) is strongly conservative.
Porter, Texas is strongly conservative.
Montgomery County, Texas is very 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.
Porter, 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 77365 (Porter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 309 contributions totaling $50,398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 477 contributions totaling $61,159 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)