La Grande, WA is an area with a diverse political landscape. Although there are no local political candidates in the region, residents have access to a variety of views and opinions on important political issues. There are several organizations that hold events throughout the year to discuss current topics and engage with local community members. The local government meets regularly to address concerns from citizens and work towards finding solutions to better the city. In addition, there are many programs available for young people who want to get involved in politics or civic engagement. La Grande is an active area within the state of Washington, where all residents can make their voice heard and take part in shaping its future.
The political climate in La Grande, 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
La Grande, 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.
La Grande, 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 La Grande, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $20,586 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $27,108 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)