Roy, WA is a small town in Washington State, located in Pierce County. The town of Roy is served by several local government entities including the Roy City Council, the Pierce County Council, and the Washington State Legislature. The Roy City Council is responsible for governing the day-to-day operations of the city, from creating budgets to approving new projects and initiatives. The Pierce County Council is responsible for representing the interests of Roy residents in countywide matters such as taxes and zoning regulations. Lastly, members of the Washington State Legislature serve as representatives to Roy residents at the state level. They are responsible for making laws that affect all citizens of Washington State. All these local political bodies work together to ensure that Roy has a strong infrastructure and vibrant economy.
The political climate in Roy, 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
Roy, 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.
Roy, 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 Roy, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 398 contributions totaling $11,937 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $6,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)