The city of Spokane, WA is the second largest city in the state of Washington and is located in Spokane County. It has an estimated population of 209,525 according to the most recent census data. Politics in 99205 Spokane, WA have been relatively peaceful, with no major political issues arising in recent years. The current mayor of the city is David Condon, who was elected in 2011 and re-elected for a third term in 2019. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected by residents across the four wards within Spokane County. Political candidates from both main parties run for office every election cycle and civic engagement remains strong throughout the community. Recent initiatives include a focus on affordable housing, transportation improvements, economic development and sustainability efforts.
The political climate in Zip 99205 (Spokane, WA) is leaning conservative.
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
Zip 99205 (Spokane, WA) is leaning conservative.
Spokane, Washington is leaning conservative.
Spokane County, Washington 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 zip 99205 (Spokane)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,252 contributions totaling $69,794 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 356 contributions totaling $57,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)