The city of Asotin, WA is a small town located in Southeastern Washington. It has a strong sense of community and the residents are engaged in local politics. Asotin's political focus is on issues that affect its citizens’ quality of life, such as transportation, economic development, public safety, and education. There is a spirit of collaboration amongst the local leaders to ensure that all decisions made in the city are for the benefit of everyone. The current mayor is Paul Denton and the City Council consists of seven members. All elected officials have been active in advocating for better access to services for the people of Asotin and promoting initiatives to improve their quality of life. They have also worked together to ensure that taxes remain low and resources are shared fairly across the community.
The political climate in Asotin, WA is moderately conservative.
Asotin County, WA is strongly conservative. In Asotin County, WA 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Asotin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 35.6%.
Asotin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Asotin, WA is moderately conservative.
Asotin County, Washington is strongly conservative.
Lewiston Metro Area is strongly 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.
Asotin, 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 Asotin, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 877 contributions totaling $47,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $47,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)