Richmond, TX is a small city located in Fort Bend County with a population of 11,679 (2010 Census). The city is governed by a Mayor and City Council who are elected by the residents to make decisions that shape the city. The current mayor is Evalyn Moore and the current City Council members include Danny Nguyen, Kenny Riley, Andres Pineda, Tanya Dawson-Wilson, William “Bill” Dostal, Steve Rothermel and Lourdes Hernandez-Mendoza. All seven councilmembers were elected to office in May 2019. The local government strives to provide quality services for all its citizens while driving economic development and promoting citizenship engagement. They also prioritize public safety initiatives such as traffic enforcement and code enforcement to ensure the safety of their community.
The political climate in Zip 77406 (Richmond, TX) is leaning liberal.
Fort Bend County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Fort Bend County, TX 54.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fort Bend county remained strongly Democratic, 54.6% to 44.0%.
Fort Bend county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77406 (Richmond, TX) is leaning liberal.
Richmond, Texas is leaning liberal.
Fort Bend 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.
Richmond, Texas: R R r r 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 77406 (Richmond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 851 contributions totaling $73,954 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,364 contributions totaling $390,181 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)