The small town of Black Diamond, WA is located in King County and has a population of 4,151 according to the 2019 census. It is a rural community with many natural attractions such as White River Valley and Cedar River Trail. Historically, Black Diamond was known for mining coal and was founded in the late 1880s. Today, the city still serves as a gateway to Mount Rainier National Park and other outdoor activities. The local political landscape consists of representatives from King County Council, Washington State Legislature, United States House of Representatives, and United States Senate. The current representatives include Cathy Jacobs McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Pat McCarthy (D-WA), Bruce Dammeier (R-WA), Lizbeth Hixon (D-WA), and Peter von Reichbauer (R-WA). These elected officials advocate for the people of Black Diamond by fighting for issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, conservation efforts, public safety initiatives, education reforms, healthcare access initiatives, and more. They are eventually responsible for making sure that their constituents’ voices are heard in their government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 98010 (Black Diamond, WA) is moderately liberal.
King County, WA is very liberal. In King County, WA 75.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, King county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.0% to 22.2%.
King county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98010 (Black Diamond, WA) is moderately liberal.
Black Diamond, Washington is moderately liberal.
King County, Washington is very liberal.
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Black Diamond, Washington: D D D D D D
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 98010 (Black Diamond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $20,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $7,049 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)