Medical Lake, WA is a small city located in Spokane County with a population of around 5,000 people. The local government of Medical Lake is represented by the Mayor and four City Council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The City Council is responsible for making laws and regulations that improve the quality of life in Medical Lake. They also create policies and programs to ensure good governance and economic development. As part of their governing duties, the City Council appoints a City Manager who oversees all aspects of city operations. Together, these officials work hard to make sure that Medical Lake remains an attractive place to live for its residents and visitors alike.
The political climate in Medical Lake, WA is leaning conservative.
Spokane County, WA is leaning conservative. In Spokane County, WA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spokane county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.0%.
Spokane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Medical Lake, WA is leaning conservative.
Spokane County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Spokane-Spokane Valley Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Medical 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 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 Medical Lake, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $13,687 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $27,099 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)