The politics in 99301 Pasco, WA are heavily influenced by local governing bodies such as the city council, mayor, and other local representatives. The people of Pasco have a wide variety of political views, ranging from conservative to liberal. Many of the members of the City Council have been elected on campaigns that focus on increasing public safety, revitalizing downtown Pasco, and improving economic development. Local candidates for office often focus on addressing issues that are important to the citizens of Pasco such as education, transportation, and jobs. Residents of Pasco are encouraged to be engaged in local politics and vote during elections in order to ensure that their voices are heard in deciding who will represent them at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 99301 (Pasco, WA) is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Franklin County, WA 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained strongly Republican, 55.7% to 41.2%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99301 (Pasco, WA) is leaning conservative.
Pasco, Washington is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
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.
Pasco, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 99301 (Pasco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,022 contributions totaling $88,584 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 607 contributions totaling $127,868 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)