The Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area is located in the southeastern region of Washington and its political landscape is heavily influenced by Republican and Democratic parties. There are several elected positions for all levels of government, from local representatives to members of Congress. At the local level, the Spokane City Council and Spokane Valley City Council both have seven members elected to serve four-year terms. The county commissioners are also elected officials who serve four year terms representing three districts within Spokane County. On the national level, there are two Congressional seats for Washington’s 5th district which includes portions of Spokane County, as well as one U.S. senator from Washington state who serves a six-year term. In general, the Republican Party has been successful in elections in this part of Washington State with Republicans winning most congressional races since 2000.
The political climate in Spokane-Spokane Valley Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Spokane-Spokane Valley Metro Area 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area remained moderately Republican, 52.2% to 44.1%.
The Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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-Spokane Valley, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Spokane-Spokane Valley Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29,431 contributions totaling $2,639,551 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,883 contributions totaling $2,190,988 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)