Liberty Lake, WA is a vibrant and growing community located in Eastern Washington. The city is known for its strong sense of community spirit and engaging local politics. Residents have the opportunity to get involved in shaping the future of Liberty Lake through electing officials to represent them on the city council. The current mayor is Kathy Huffman, who has served since 2015 and has helped the city make great strides in economic development and sustainability initiatives. City council members are voted on by residents every four years and all play an important role in ensuring that Liberty Lake continues to be a safe, healthy, and prosperous place to live. There are also many volunteer organizations that provide citizens with opportunities to make their voices heard in local politics such as neighborhood associations, planning commissions, and other advocacy groups. With its strong civic engagement, Liberty Lake is an exemplary example of how citizens can come together to shape their collective future through effective local governance.
The political climate in Liberty Lake, WA is leaning conservative.
Spokane County, WA is leaning conservative. In Spokane County, WA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spokane county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.0%.
Spokane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Liberty Lake, WA is leaning conservative.
Spokane County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Spokane-Spokane Valley 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.
Liberty Lake, 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 Liberty Lake, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,580 contributions totaling $112,974 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,093 contributions totaling $281,620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)