The politics of 98901 Yakima, WA are influenced by its unique history and population. The city has a population of approximately 93,000 people, and is the largest city in Yakima County. It is located in the south central part of Washington State, with Spokane to the east and Seattle to the west. The city is governed by an elected mayor, seven members of the City Council, and five members of the Yakima County Commission. Politically, 98901 Yakima leans conservative with a strong agricultural base. Politicians from both sides of the aisle champion issues like economic growth and job creation as well as environmental protection. In recent elections, local candidates have included Ruth Venable, an attorney who ran for Mayor in 2019 on a platform focused on economic development; Kathy Coffey Saucedo, who ran for City Council in 2019 on a platform emphasizing social justice; and Justin Hwang, who ran for County Commission in 2020 focusing on increasing access to healthcare. With these candidates vying for representation in 98901 Yakima's government offices, locals can be confident that their voices will be heard and their interests represented.
The political climate in Zip 98901 (Yakima, WA) is leaning conservative.
Yakima County, WA is leaning conservative. In Yakima County, WA 44.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yakima county remained moderately Republican, 52.6% to 44.9%.
Yakima county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98901 (Yakima, WA) is leaning conservative.
Yakima, Washington is leaning conservative.
Yakima County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Yakima Metro Area is leaning 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.
Yakima, 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 98901 (Yakima)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 168 contributions totaling $12,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $38,581 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)