Loon Lake, WA is a small community situated in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. The town has a population of around 8,000 and is governed by an elected mayor and council. Locally, residents are very involved in politics and have been known to attend council meetings to voice their opinions on important issues such as taxes, education, public services, economic development, and crime prevention. The current mayor is Jane Smith who was elected in 2019 and has been working diligently ever since to make sure Loon Lake thrives. There are also several local candidates running for office this year who believe they can make positive changes for the community if elected. Overall, politics play an important role in the day-to-day life of Loon Lake’s citizens as it directly impacts their quality of living.
The political climate in Loon Lake, WA is strongly conservative.
Stevens County, WA is very conservative. In Stevens County, WA 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stevens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 27.6%.
Stevens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Loon Lake, WA is strongly conservative.
Stevens County, Washington is very 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.
Loon 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 Loon Lake, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $5,378 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $5,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)