Yakima County is located in the central part of Washington state and is home to a wide range of political views. The county is part of the 8th Congressional District, which includes all of Yakima, Kittitas and Klickitat counties' residents. Within the county, there are numerous cities, each with its own city council and mayor. At the state level, Yakima County is represented by two senators and two representatives in the Washington State Legislature. For local elections, residents of Yakima County have numerous candidates to choose from as they vote for their local leaders. Issues such as education funding, public health care and zoning regulations are regularly discussed at these levels. On the national stage, Yakima County supports both major political parties through local fundraising efforts and rallies for their chosen candidates.
The political climate in 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
Yakima County, WA 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.
Yakima, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Yakima County, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,643 contributions totaling $286,493 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,413 contributions totaling $614,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)