La Center, Washington is a small city located in Clark County. It is home to a diverse population of people and has a thriving local economy. Though the town is relatively small, La Center has an active political scene. Residents are passionate about engaging with their local government and ensuring that their voices are heard. Local elections for mayor, city council members, and school board members occur every two years. A variety of candidates from different political ideologies typically run for office each election cycle and it's always interesting to see who comes out on top. The citizens of La Center take great pride in taking part in the democratic process and strive to make their community a better place for everyone.
The political climate in La Center, WA is leaning conservative.
Clark County, WA is leaning liberal. In Clark County, WA 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained moderately Democratic, 51.0% to 45.9%.
Clark county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Center, WA is leaning conservative.
Clark County, Washington is leaning liberal.
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro Metro Area is strongly 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.
La Center, Washington: r r 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 La Center, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 447 contributions totaling $41,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $225,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,575 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)