Fircrest, WA is a small city located in Pierce County with a population of around 6,000 people. While the city has no local political candidates, it is still very important to locals. The town is governed by a mayor and six council members that oversee local issues such as budgeting, public safety, and maintaining the beauty of the city. Fircrest residents take part in local politics by attending regular City Council meetings and voicing their opinion on important matters. In addition, every year residents come together to select the mayor and council members who will lead the community forward for the next term. This process brings individuals from all walks of life together to make decisions about the future of Fircrest. All in all, Fircrest locals understand the importance of participating in local politics and making sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Fircrest, 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
Fircrest, WA 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.
Fircrest, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Fircrest, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,586 contributions totaling $457,661 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 245 contributions totaling $35,848 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)