Vaughn, WA is a small city located in the state of Washington. The city has a long history of politics and its citizens are deeply involved in their local government. As an example, the mayor of Vaughn is elected every four years and many citizens actively campaign for their preferred candidates. Furthermore, the city council consists of seven members who are voted into their positions every two years. The issues that they deal with range from taxes to development projects, all of which have an impact on the residents of Vaughn. Additionally, many local organizations hold political meetings and events to discuss important topics related to the community. In general, politics are taken seriously in Vaughn and the citizens take pride in participating in their democracy.
The political climate in Vaughn, 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
Vaughn, 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.
Vaughn, 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 Vaughn, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 763 contributions totaling $107,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $12,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)