White Center, Washington is a vibrant community with a strong political culture. Located just south of Seattle, White Center has an active local government that works to ensure the needs of the community are met. Residents participate in a range of grassroots organizations and initiatives to advocate for their own interests and those of their neighbors. Political debates can be heard both on the streets and in local public meetings. Local representatives attend these meetings to discuss issues that affect the community, such as economic development, education, safety, health care access, housing affordability, and environmental protection. Every day citizens take part in meaningful conversations about how best to move their city forward in a way that benefits everyone. This makes White Center a great place to live and work while engaging in meaningful conversations about politics.
The political climate in White Center, WA is strongly liberal.
King County, WA is very liberal. In King County, WA 75.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, King county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.0% to 22.2%.
King county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White Center, WA is strongly liberal.
King County, Washington is very 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.
White Center, 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 White Center, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,188 contributions totaling $2,067,253 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 976 contributions totaling $618,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $634 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)