Mead, Washington is located in Spokane County and is home to a diverse population of people who care deeply about their local politics. Residents of Mead are highly engaged in the political process, voting in large numbers during elections and turning out for local forums to discuss issues that matter to them. The city council is relatively small but highly active, with representatives from all parts of the city coming together to make decisions that affect the community as a whole. Residents can also have their voices heard by attending public hearings and voicing their opinions on matters that affect the city. All in all, Mead is an engaged community when it comes to politics and its residents take pride in participating in this important process.
The political climate in Mead, WA is somewhat 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
Mead, WA is somewhat 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.
Mead, 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 Mead, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,883 contributions totaling $250,180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,853 contributions totaling $335,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)