Airway Heights, WA is a small city with a thriving political landscape. With the city council composed of five members and a mayor, local politics are active and heavily contested. Representatives on the council are elected from the community and work to meet the needs of Airway Heights residents. As well as setting goals for the city’s future, representatives also develop ordinances that directly affect the people of Airway Heights. The mayor is charged with executing certain laws and ordinances, as well as providing leadership to the city council. Issues of public safety, economic growth, education, infrastructure, and more are all discussed in both council meetings and town hall gatherings held throughout the year. With active involvement from citizens, Airway Heights is one of many cities in Washington that strive to be a strong beacon of democracy in our nation.
The political climate in Airway Heights, 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
Airway Heights, 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.
Airway Heights, 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 Airway Heights, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,197 contributions totaling $171,499 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 491 contributions totaling $129,425 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)