Thurston, WA County is a bustling and vibrant community located in the Pacific Northwest. Its political landscape is diverse and often contentious. Voters in Thurston, WA County are primarily concerned with issues such as education, healthcare, economic growth and public safety. Local politics plays a major role in shaping the future of this county, as citizens are deeply engaged with their representatives at both the state and federal level. Candidates running for elected office must address these issues directly in order to be successful. The policies enacted by local politicians have direct impacts on residents’ everyday lives and will likely shape Thurston's future for years to come.
The political climate in Thurston County, WA is moderately liberal.
In Thurston County, WA 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Thurston county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 38.8%.
Thurston county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thurston County, WA is moderately liberal.
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater Metro Area is moderately 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.
Thurston, 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 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 Thurston County, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31,479 contributions totaling $2,231,735 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,387 contributions totaling $651,557 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)