Puyallup, WA is located in Pierce County and is an idyllic small city with a population of approximately 40,000. The local government is led by the mayor, who is elected every four years. The City Council is made up of seven members, each of whom are elected to four-year terms. As for the local political candidates, there are currently three main candidates running for mayor in the upcoming election: Cheryl Scott-Simmons, David Percival, and Walter Smith. Each candidate has different ideas for how to best serve their local community and improve the quality of life for its citizens. Additionally, the council races feature a diverse range of individuals representing different backgrounds and perspectives on issues such as affordable housing, transportation infrastructure, public safety, and environmental protection. Residents have been encouraged to attend debates and forums to learn more about each candidate’s platform before heading to the polls next month. With such a wide selection of mayoral hopefuls and City Council contenders vying for office in 98371 Puyallup, WA politics will certainly remain interesting throughout the election season.
The political climate in Zip 98371 (Puyallup, WA) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 98371 (Puyallup, WA) is leaning liberal.
Puyallup, Washington is leaning liberal.
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.
Puyallup, 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 zip 98371 (Puyallup)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 920 contributions totaling $33,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 220 contributions totaling $38,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)