Spanaway, WA is a small city located in Pierce County with a population of just over 28,000 people. It is home to many local businesses and was incorporated as a town in 1947. Politics in Spanaway are driven by the mayor and six-member city council that help set policies and regulations for the community. The mayor and city council members serve four-year terms that are up for election every two years. Spanaway citizens have the opportunity to get involved in local politics by voting for their preferred candidates during elections or by attending public meetings held by the council to discuss important topics affecting the area. The city also focuses on working with community partners to ensure resources are available and provide services needed by locals. Spanaway strives to be an inclusive, welcoming place for everyone who lives and works there.
The political climate in Spanaway, WA is leaning 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
Spanaway, WA is leaning 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.
Spanaway, 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 Spanaway, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,496 contributions totaling $153,365 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 624 contributions totaling $66,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)