The map below shows the political leanings of people in and around Greater Heights. Darker red areas have almost entirely Republican voters, dark blue areas vote mostly for Democrats, and areas in lighter shades or in light purple are areas where the vote is usually split between parties.
Politics Key
Very liberal
Split evenly
Very conservative
Greater Heights tends to be slightly democratic based on voting results in recent elections. Compared to other nearby neighborhoods, Greater Heights has more republican voters. Compared to the nation as a whole, Greater Heights leans more democratic.
Highly educated populations with bachelor’s degrees or higher tend to vote for more liberal candidates. In Greater Heights, 62.46% of all adults have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. Educated women are far less likely to vote for conservatives, and in Greater Heights women make up 49.10% of the population.
Older Americans tend to vote more conservatively. Members of the Boomer and Silent generations (born 1928-1964) more often vote for republicans while GenX, Millennials (born 1965-1996) and younger generations consistently support democrats. The median age in Greater Heights is 36.6, which is younger than the national median age of 38.1.
Is Greater Heights a political battleground? Across all types of political contests in Greater Heights, including state, local and presidential elections, races come within five percentage points 28% of the time.
Note: Federal, local, and state elections are weighed based on the recency of the election and the importance most voters assign to each seat.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Rice Military, Houston, TX: more conservative voters
- Independence Heights, Houston, TX: more liberal voters
- North, Houston, TX: more liberal voters
- Montrose, Houston, TX: more conservative voters
- Downtown Houston, Houston, TX: more liberal voters
- River Oaks, Houston, TX: more conservative voters
- Oak Forest-Garden Oaks, Houston, TX: more liberal voters
- Midtown, Houston, TX: more liberal voters
- Northside Northline, Houston, TX: more liberal voters
- Greater Fifth Ward, Houston, TX: more liberal voters
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Midtown-Memphis, Memphis, TN: more liberal voters
- South East, Fort Worth, TX: more conservative voters
- Paradise, Las Vegas, NV: more liberal voters
- Covina-Valley, Covina, CA: more liberal voters
- Mission Bay, San Diego, CA: more liberal voters
- Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA: more liberal voters
- Queens Village, New York, NY: more liberal voters
- Near West Side, Chicago, IL: more liberal voters
- Laveen, Phoenix, AZ: more conservative voters
- Wilmington, Los Angeles, CA: more liberal voters
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