Houston, TX 77065 is a diverse community with a population of around 10,000 people. It is part of the larger Houston metropolitan area and has its own unique political landscape. The City of Houston is governed by an elected Mayor and City Council which work together to pass laws and regulations governing the city. The city has three major political parties represented in the City Council: Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian. Each party's representatives are involved in crafting policy that affects the lives of those living in the 77065 zip code. Local candidates running for office in 2020 include incumbent Mayor Sylvester Turner (D), Bill King (R) and Thomas Gray (L). Residents of 77065 can vote for these candidates to help shape how their neighborhood is governed.
The political climate in Zip 77065 (Houston, TX) is somewhat 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 77065 (Houston, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Houston, Texas is somewhat 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.
Houston, 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 77065 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 644 contributions totaling $138,228 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 734 contributions totaling $249,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $340 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)