Kennewick, WA is a city located in Benton county that is home to many active and engaged citizens. The local government of Kennewick is run by a mayor-council form of government where the Mayor is elected for a four-year term and the City Council consists of five members elected for four-year terms. The current Mayor of Kennewick is Don Britain and the City Councilmembers are Steve Lee, Mike Monroe, Kasey Childress, Paul Parish, and John Trumbo. They work together to make decisions about budgeting, land use regulations, public safety and other important issues in order to benefit the community of Kennewick. These local leaders strive to ensure that the citizens of Kennewick have access to resources that improve their quality of life.
The political climate in Kennewick, WA is somewhat conservative.
Benton County, WA is moderately conservative. In Benton County, WA 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.6% to 37.6%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kennewick, WA is somewhat conservative.
Benton County, Washington is moderately 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.
Kennewick, 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 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 Kennewick, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,430 contributions totaling $386,053 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,100 contributions totaling $511,519 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)