McKenna, WA is a small town located in rural Washington State. The politics in McKenna are largely conservative and centered around local issues such as taxes and public education. There are several local political parties that compete for the votes of the citizens of McKenna including the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Green parties. Local candidates campaign on a variety of issues important to residents such as job growth, infrastructure improvement, environmental protection, and community development. Citizens of McKenna often come together to discuss their views on various topics during town hall meetings or elections held by the county. Overall, McKenna has an engaged population that works hard to ensure they have the best representation possible in local government.
The political climate in McKenna, 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
McKenna, 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.
McKenna, 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 McKenna, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 495 contributions totaling $16,141 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $8,920 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)