Moses Lake, Washington is a city located in Grant County with a population of around 20,000 people. The City Council of Moses Lake is the legislative body responsible for making local laws and regulations. The council consists of seven members who are all elected by the citizens of Moses Lake to four-year terms. The mayor is also elected by the citizens of Moses Lake to a four-year term, and presides over all city council meetings. Each May, voters of Moses Lake have the opportunity to elect those candidates they feel will best serve their interests and municipality. Currently, there are several candidates running for office in this upcoming election including ____ for mayor and _____ for city council positions. Residents should make sure they are registered to vote so they can make their voices heard on important issues that affect their community such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, economic development projects, and environmental protection measures.
The political climate in Moses Lake, WA is moderately conservative.
Grant County, WA is very conservative. In Grant County, WA 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.4%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moses Lake, WA is moderately conservative.
Grant County, Washington is very conservative.
Moses Lake Metro Area is very 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.
Moses 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 Moses Lake, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,842 contributions totaling $77,397 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,298 contributions totaling $509,055 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)