Harris County, Texas

[ElectionsGuy]

Yes, Houston has very conservative suburbs and even exurbs within the county. To give you an idea, here's a screen shot of the county from the 2008 presidential election (by Dave's Redistricting):

[ElectionsGuy]

Yes, Houston has very conservative suburbs and even exurbs within the county. To give you an idea, here's a screen shot of the county from the 2008 presidential election (by Dave's Redistricting):

Is the label off center or is Sugar Land actually D+low as a town?

I checked it, and yeah, the label is a little off even when I zoomed in. Its a little northeast of where it should be. Sugar Land is generally that batch of orange and pink precincts between Missouri City and New Territory. Its pretty diverse, but still minorities turn out very low.

[ElectionsGuy]

I split Harris County into four main sections





1: Eastern and inner city Houston, very democratic, predominantly Black and Hispanic.
Obama: 250,889 (78.4%), McCain: 69,006 (21.6%)
2: Western and more suburban Houston. Very diverse, includes the democratic part bordering Fort Bend County and republican and mixed areas to the north.
McCain: 181,386 (51.2%), Obama: 173,050 (48.8%)
3: Western and northern exurbs and suburbs. Very republican, majority white although still large Hispanic population.
McCain: 179,518 (66.3%), Obama: 91,055 (33.7%)
4: Eastern exurbs and suburbs. Very republican as well, Majority white and the rest mostly Latino.
McCain: 141,973 (65.1%), Obama: 75,983 (34.9%)

[ElectionsGuy]

Interesting map, E-G. What landmarks/criteria did you use for where in Houston to divide area 1 from area 2?

Nothing really besides where the dark blue stops, and also where there starts to be a significant Asian population.