The Walla Walla, WA Metro Area is part of the Whitman County and is a politically active region. The county has an elected Board of Commissioners which is responsible for making laws, setting county-wide policies, and allocating funds to various public services. On the state level, Walla Walla sends two representatives to the Washington State Legislature and one Senator in Congress. In addition, the area is represented by local politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives, on both sides of the aisle. Numerous civic organizations within the Metro Area focus on topics such as housing and education policy, as well as environmental protection. As such, politics remain an important issue for those living in this Metro Area.
The political climate in Walla Walla Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Walla Walla Metro Area 42.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Walla Walla metro area remained strongly Republican, 53.6% to 42.7%.
The Walla Walla metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walla Walla 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.
Walla Walla, 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 Walla Walla Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,083 contributions totaling $329,511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,379 contributions totaling $341,749 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)