Spokane, WA County is an area of Washington State with a vibrant political atmosphere. The county has a population of approximately 500,000 and is situated northwest of the state's capital, Olympia. At the local level, Spokane County has numerous candidates vying for political office in the state legislature, Congress and other elected positions. These candidates represent various political ideologies across the spectrum including Republicans, Democrats and Independents. In recent years, several major initiatives have been brought to the ballot aiming to improve the community and address current issues facing Spokane residents. It is evident that politics play an important role in Spokane County as individuals come together to make their voices heard in pursuit of change within their community.
The political climate in Spokane County, WA is leaning conservative.
In Spokane County, WA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spokane county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.0%.
Spokane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spokane County, WA is leaning conservative.
Spokane-Spokane Valley Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Spokane, 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 Spokane County, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,508 contributions totaling $2,496,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,823 contributions totaling $1,983,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)