College Place, WA is a small town located in the southeastern corner of Washington State. It is known for its friendly and welcoming atmosphere, as well as its strong sense of community. Although College Place does not have its own local political system or candidates running for office, the citizens are engaged in the state’s politics by voting on issues and electing representatives to serve them at the state level. College Place residents take part in rallies, demonstrations, and other events to show their support or opposition to current issues that are important to them such as immigration reform, taxes, and education. The town also has several civic organizations such as the Rotary Club, Lions Club, and Chamber of Commerce to help create economic growth and promote positive change within their community.
The political climate in College Place, WA is leaning conservative.
Walla Walla County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Walla Walla County, WA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walla Walla county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 43.8%.
Walla Walla county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
College Place, WA is leaning conservative.
Walla Walla County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Walla Walla Metro Area is somewhat 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.
College Place, 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 College Place, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,648 contributions totaling $301,362 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,024 contributions totaling $240,024 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)