The city of Longview, WA is located in Cowlitz County and is home to a population of 36,648 people. The local politics in Longview are currently under the direction of Mayor Don Jensen who was elected to office in 2019. In addition, the City Council consists of seven members who are each elected by the community. The City Council focuses on providing citizens with safe and reliable services such as road maintenance, water treatment, police and fire protection, youth programs, park and recreation activities, health care services, library services, economic development initiatives, and other important public services. As part of its commitment to responsible governance, the City Council has enacted ordinances that promote public safety and welfare while also protecting the rights of all residents. Local candidates running for office in 98632 Longview include Jennifer Spencer for City Council Position 1 and Micah Jorgensen for City Council Position 4.
The political climate in Zip 98632 (Longview, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Cowlitz County, WA is moderately conservative. In Cowlitz County, WA 39.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cowlitz county remained very strongly Republican, 57.1% to 39.7%.
Cowlitz county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98632 (Longview, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Longview, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Cowlitz County, Washington is moderately conservative.
Longview Metro Area is moderately 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.
Longview, Washington: d d D d 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 zip 98632 (Longview)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,719 contributions totaling $132,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 574 contributions totaling $79,167 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)