The Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area is an area with a diverse political landscape. The area is represented in the US Congress by Republican Dan Newhouse and Democrat Maria Cantwell. At the state level, there are several different representatives from the region. In the Washington State Legislature, Jeff Holy, Mary Dye, Joe Schmick, Skyler Rude, and Gina Mosbrucker represent the area. They each have their own stances on issues that affect the local population. Additionally, there are various local mayors and councils that work to make important decisions for residents of Kennewick-Richland. These leaders have differing opinions on how to best serve the community and strive to make a difference in their respective cities. Overall, Kennewick-Richland has a vibrant political landscape with many local representatives working hard for citizens in the area.
The political climate in Kennewick-Richland Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Kennewick-Richland Metro Area 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Kennewick-Richland metro area remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 38.7%.
The Kennewick-Richland metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kennewick-Richland Metro Area is moderately 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.
Kennewick-Richland, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Kennewick-Richland Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,721 contributions totaling $763,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,871 contributions totaling $844,934 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)