The politics in the Moses Lake, WA Metro Area are largely dominated by members of the Republican Party. At the local level, city council members are elected to four-year terms and voters have a chance to elect their representatives in November of every election year. The City Council sets ordinances and makes decisions that affect all residents of the area. The area is also represented by two representatives at the state level who are elected to serve two-year terms. In addition, Moses Lake has a representative in Congress, who is elected for a two-year term. Various other legislative offices such as county commissioners and school board members are also up for election on occasion. All elections within the Moses Lake Metro Area offer citizens an opportunity to voice their opinions through voting and ensure their interests are represented locally, statewide, and nationally.
The political climate in Moses Lake Metro Area is very conservative.
In Moses Lake Metro Area 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Moses Lake metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.4%.
The Moses Lake metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moses Lake Metro Area is very 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.
Moses Lake, 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 Moses Lake Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,185 contributions totaling $63,323 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,187 contributions totaling $268,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)