Black Diamond, WA is a small city in King County located in the foothills of Mt. Rainier. It has a unique political landscape with many different politicians vying for attention and votes from the local community. Issues facing the population include transportation, education, taxation, and environmental concerns. The city also has an active citizen's initiative process which allows citizens to create or change laws based on their own petitioning efforts. There are several local political candidates running for office each year that represent both major parties as well as third party candidates offering alternative perspectives on politics and policy. Local elections are often highly contested with residents coming out to vote for their favorite candidate. Voters in Black Diamond, WA have an important responsibility to select representatives that will act in the best interests of their constituents while striving to make positive changes within their community.
The political climate in Black Diamond, WA is somewhat 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
Black Diamond, WA is somewhat 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.
Black Diamond, 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 Black Diamond, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,566 contributions totaling $680,935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 717 contributions totaling $178,215 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)