West Clarkston-Highland, WA is a small town located in the western part of the state. Its citizens are passionate about their community and take politics seriously. The town has a long history of electing officials who share the same values as its residents, focusing on investing in quality education and creating equitable economic opportunities for all. Local political candidates have worked hard to create positive reforms for the town, advocating for initiatives that would benefit both current and future generations of West Clarkston-Highland citizens. In recent elections, residents have focused on selecting representatives who will uphold these values and represent their interests on the local, state, and national level. With strong candidates from both major parties running for office in West Clarkston-Highland, WA this year's election promises to be an exciting one.
The political climate in West Clarkston-Highland, WA is somewhat conservative.
Asotin County, WA is strongly conservative. In Asotin County, WA 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Asotin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 35.6%.
Asotin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Clarkston-Highland, WA is somewhat conservative.
Asotin County, Washington is strongly conservative.
Lewiston Metro Area is strongly 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.
West Clarkston-Highland, 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 West Clarkston-Highland, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 740 contributions totaling $44,049 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 288 contributions totaling $42,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)