Spokane, WA is a fairly large city located in the eastern portion of Washington State. It has a long history of political engagement, with local politicians representing the city and its citizens’ interests for many years. Issues such as economic development, transportation, education, and public safety are often discussed by local officials. In recent years, Seattle's minimum wage increase has been a hot topic for Spokane's political landscape. Additionally, Spokane residents have become increasingly concerned about environmental issues like air pollution and energy efficiency. As a result, many local leaders have taken steps to reduce these impacts while still meeting the needs of their constituents. With so much happening politically in Spokane, residents have plenty of opportunities to get involved in their community and make their voices heard through voting and other forms of civic participation.
The political climate in Spokane, WA is leaning liberal.
Spokane County, WA is leaning conservative. In Spokane County, WA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spokane county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.0%.
Spokane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spokane, WA is leaning liberal.
Spokane County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Spokane-Spokane Valley Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Washington is moderately liberal.
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.
Spokane, Washington: r R r r r r
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Spokane, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24,395 contributions totaling $2,261,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,892 contributions totaling $1,377,261 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)