Parkland, WA is a stunning suburb of Tacoma, located in Pierce County. The area is known for its attractive residential neighborhoods and lush parks. It is also home to numerous local businesses that provide a variety of services to the community. Politically, Parkland is part of Washington's 8th Congressional District and has been represented by Democrat Derek Kilmer since 2013. At the state level, Parkland is part of Washington's 28th Legislative District, which has been represented by Democrat Christine Kilduff since 2017. Local government is managed through Pierce County Council, with the most recent election taking place in 2019. Residents have the opportunity to make their voices heard at both the county and state levels by voting in local elections. This allows them to help shape policy decisions that will affect their communities directly.
The political climate in Parkland, WA is somewhat liberal.
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
Parkland, WA is somewhat liberal.
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.
Parkland, 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 Parkland, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,439 contributions totaling $550,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,032 contributions totaling $197,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)