Prairie Ridge, WA is a small town in the heart of Washington State surrounded by rolling hills and lush farmland. It has a strong sense of community and a lively local government. In Prairie Ridge, citizens have the opportunity to take part in local politics through voting in elections for city council members and other elected officials. The current mayor is Jenna Corrigan who was elected in 2020, and she works with her fellow city council members to create policies that benefit the people of Prairie Ridge. Community members are encouraged to get involved with their local political issues by attending public meetings or participating in candidate forums. Recent initiatives include working towards improving the town's infrastructure, developing more affordable housing options, and continuing to bring businesses into the area. This small town takes pride in its local politics as it strives to make Prairie Ridge an even better place to live!
The political climate in Prairie Ridge, 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
Prairie Ridge, 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.
Prairie Ridge, 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 Prairie Ridge, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,860 contributions totaling $197,527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,037 contributions totaling $178,315 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)