The city of Steptoe, WA is a small, close knit community with an active and involved political system. Local politics in Steptoe tend to focus on the issues that directly affect its citizens' lives. These include maintaining infrastructure such as roads and bridges, providing quality public services like schools and libraries, and ensuring access to recreational activities. Local candidates running for office take these issues seriously and consider them when making decisions for the town. In addition to these topics, local politicians must also be mindful of state and federal laws that impact their constituents. This includes upholding laws related to civil rights, taxation, environmental protection, healthcare, social security and more. Steptoe's public officials are dedicated to representing the people in their town by understanding their needs and advocating for them in government policy.
The political climate in Steptoe, WA is leaning conservative.
Whitman County, WA is somewhat liberal. In Whitman County, WA 52.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Whitman county remained strongly Democratic, 52.9% to 42.9%.
Whitman county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Steptoe, WA is leaning conservative.
Whitman County, Washington is somewhat liberal.
Pullman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Steptoe, Washington: R r d r 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 Steptoe, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $3,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $11,174 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)