Tomball, TX, located in 77377, is a bustling city full of political activity. At the local level, Tomball has an elected mayor and six City Council members that are responsible for the city’s operations. The Mayor and Council members are elected by local residents to represent their interests in government decisions and actions. Additionally, the City Council is responsible for approving ordinances and budgets that directly impact the quality of life of this community – such as public safety, infrastructure development/maintenance, recreational facilities and more. In order to stay informed on local politics it’s important to keep up with topics being discussed at City Council meetings or to attend meetings in person. By doing so, residents can understand how their voice can make a difference in their city's future.
The political climate in Zip 77377 (Tomball, 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 77377 (Tomball, TX) is leaning liberal.
Tomball, 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.
Tomball, 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 77377 (Tomball)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 901 contributions totaling $66,005 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,022 contributions totaling $269,262 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)