Zillah, WA is a town located in the Yakima Valley of Washington State and is home to many small businesses and ranches. The town has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected every two years. Currently, there are three council members who are elected at large for four-year terms. In addition, the Town Council is responsible for setting policies and making decisions regarding matters such as public safety, maintenance of streets and parks, zoning ordinances, economic development projects, and other important issues related to the community. Political involvement within Zillah is also encouraged by residents who can attend regular Town Council meetings or join various local committees such as the Land Use Advisory Committee or the Zillah Tourism Board. All of these measures help ensure that Zillah continues to be a thriving place where residents have their opinions heard and respected.
The political climate in Zillah, WA is leaning conservative.
Yakima County, WA is leaning conservative. In Yakima County, WA 44.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yakima county remained moderately Republican, 52.6% to 44.9%.
Yakima county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zillah, WA is leaning conservative.
Yakima County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Yakima Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Zillah, Washington: R R R R R r
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 Zillah, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 356 contributions totaling $10,026 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $10,179 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)