Bonney Lake, WA is a city in Pierce County located just south of Seattle. The city is known for its unique culture and vibrant local economy. Politically, Bonney Lake has leaned to the left in recent years with most of the city voting Democratic in the last two presidential elections. The city council is currently mostly composed of Democrats, but there are also some non-party affiliated members as well. There are numerous local political candidates running for office throughout the county, but none of them are from Bonney Lake specifically. Local politics in Bonney Lake revolves around issues such as education reform, infrastructure improvements, and economic growth that will benefit all residents. In addition to local politics, voters in Bonney Lake take part in larger state and federal elections every year to elect representatives that will represent their interests at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Bonney Lake, WA is leaning conservative.
Pierce County, WA is somewhat liberal. In Pierce County, WA 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 42.6%.
Pierce county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bonney Lake, WA is leaning conservative.
Pierce County, Washington is somewhat liberal.
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Bonney Lake, Washington: d d 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 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 Bonney Lake, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,808 contributions totaling $194,810 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,160 contributions totaling $194,678 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)