Wauna, WA is a small town located in the Pacific Northwest that is home to a diverse community of people. The town has its own unique local politics that are heavily influenced by the opinions and perspectives of the local citizens. Wauna's political system is based on an elected town council that works together to make decisions about everything from public safety to local business regulations. Residents have the ability to elect members of the council who represent their interests and values at the municipal level. In addition to the council, there are other important bodies, such as school boards and library boards, which also involve citizen input. The residents of Wauna take an active role in their civic duty, ensuring that their voices are heard in all aspects of local government.
The political climate in Wauna, WA is leaning conservative.
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
Wauna, WA is leaning conservative.
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.
Wauna, 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 Wauna, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 663 contributions totaling $94,746 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $9,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)