West Richland, WA is a city located in the southeastern part of Washington state. It is home to a diverse population of around 15,000 people who are engaged in civic life and politics. The West Richland city council consists of seven members, each elected for a four-year term from one of four wards. Each year the council elects one of its members as mayor for a two-year term. In addition, West Richland has representatives in the Washington State Legislature and the U.S. Congress who legislation on behalf of their constituents in the local community. The citizens of West Richland often come together to participate in local political events or rallies to support their local politicians and advocate for issues important to their community such as improving access to health care, increasing funding for public schools, and protecting natural resources.
The political climate in West Richland, WA is moderately conservative.
Benton County, WA is moderately conservative. In Benton County, WA 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.6% to 37.6%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Richland, WA is moderately conservative.
Benton County, Washington is moderately conservative.
Kennewick-Richland Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
West Richland, Washington: R R R R R R
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 West Richland, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,865 contributions totaling $289,122 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,303 contributions totaling $341,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)