Lakewood, WA is a vibrant city located in the South Puget Sound area of Washington State. It has a thriving economy and an active civic life, making it a great place to live and work. The local politics in Lakewood are dominated by issues such as education, public safety, transportation, economic development and environment. Members of the Lakewood City Council are elected to serve four year terms and are responsible for setting policies that affect the entire city. The mayor is also directly involved in setting policy and represents the people of Lakewood in matters related to state and county government. Issues facing Lakewood politics include rising housing costs, traffic congestion, funding for public schools and finding ways to attract businesses to create jobs for residents. Residents can get involved in their local government by attending city council meetings or volunteering on campaigns for candidates they support.
The political climate in Lakewood, WA is somewhat 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
Lakewood, WA is somewhat 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.
Lakewood, 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 Lakewood, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,987 contributions totaling $944,237 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,378 contributions totaling $340,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)