The small town of DuPont, WA is located along the I-5 corridor near Seattle and Tacoma. The city is known for its quaint downtown area and its proximity to the Puget Sound. It is a vibrant community with plenty of activities for residents to enjoy. Politically, DuPont is part of the 9th Congressional District of Washington State and is represented in Congress by Denny Heck. On the state level, DuPont is part of the 28th Legislative District and is represented by Senator Marko Liias and Representatives Kristine Reeves and Mari Leavitt. Elections in DuPont are held on both the local and state level depending on the issue or candidate being voted on. Locally elected officials include a mayor, six city council members, five school board members, two county commissioners, and four county superior court judges. Residents of DuPont have many opportunities to get involved in local politics through voting or attending public meetings that discuss legislative issues affecting their community.
The political climate in DuPont, WA is leaning liberal.
Pierce County, WA is somewhat liberal. In Pierce County, WA 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 42.6%.
Pierce county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
DuPont, WA is leaning liberal.
Pierce County, Washington is somewhat 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.
DuPont, 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 DuPont, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $14,764 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $14,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)