Graham, WA is a small city located in the state of Washington. It has a local government that is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the city and ensuring its citizens are provided with quality services. The city council consists of five members, each elected to two-year terms by the community. The mayor, who is also elected by the community, presides over meetings and acts as an advocate for the citizens. In addition, Graham has several commissions and boards responsible for providing advice to the City Council on various matters. These include boards on planning and zoning, parks and recreation, public works, finance, and more. The City Council meets regularly throughout the year to review policy changes and proposed legislation before approving them with all members present or by majority rule.
The political climate in Graham, 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
Graham, 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.
Graham, 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 Graham, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,778 contributions totaling $243,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,499 contributions totaling $152,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)