South Prairie, WA is an area known for its strong political views and active local leaders. Many South Prairie residents are passionate about the issues that affect their community and engage in debates over how to best represent their interests on a local level. As the 2020 election approaches, there is much discussion about the candidates vying for positions in local government. From Mayor to City Council Members, South Prairie citizens are carefully researching each candidate to determine who they believe will be best suited to make decisions on behalf of their town and its people. With many hot-button topics gaining traction in this election season, it’s clear that South Prairie is abuzz with political dialogue!
The political climate in South Prairie, 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
South Prairie, 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.
South Prairie, 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 South Prairie, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 136 contributions totaling $7,253 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $24,923 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)