Fresno, TX is located in Fort Bend County and has a population of 3,822 people. Politics in Fresno are similar to those found countywide. The local government is led by a mayor-council system with the mayor being elected at-large from the citizens of Fresno. Currently, the mayor is Robert Hines. Other city councils include five district representatives who serve two-year terms. Representation on the Council includes District 1: John Harris; District 2: Chris Thumann; District 3: Linda Rodriguez; District 4: William Parker; and District 5: Cheryl Luedke. State representation for Fresno comes from Texas House of Representatives District 26 and Texas Senate District 11. The current representatives are Ann Johnson (TX House) and Joan Huffman (TX Senate). Local politics focuses on issues concerning economic development, community growth, public safety, infrastructure improvements, education opportunities, and quality of life initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 77545 (Fresno, 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 77545 (Fresno, TX) is leaning liberal.
Fresno, 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.
Fresno, 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 77545 (Fresno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $18,284 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $5,182 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)