Clear Lake, Washington is a small town located in Pierce County. While it does not have its own local political candidates, Clear Lake is subject to the same laws and regulations imposed by the State of Washington and Pierce County at large. As such, residents of Clear Lake are encouraged to stay informed and participate in politics both locally and statewide. The City of Clear Lake works with Area 7 Agency on Aging to ensure that seniors are aware of their rights to vote and understand how their votes affect their community. Furthermore, initiatives like Pierce County's Citizens Advisory Councils actively engage citizens in the government decision-making process. By providing feedback about county policies that directly affect them, Clear Lake residents can ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Clear Lake (Pierce County), 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
Clear Lake (Pierce County), 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.
Clear Lake (Pierce County), 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 Clear Lake (Pierce County), WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 999 contributions totaling $63,411 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 618 contributions totaling $92,264 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)