Bonney Lake, Washington is a small suburban city located in Pierce County. It is home to a diverse population of nearly 20,000 people who are served by a strong local government. The city is run by an elected mayor and seven-member council that make up the Bonney Lake City Council. The current mayor is Neil Johnson, who was elected in 2019 and has been instrumental in spearheading initiatives such as developing a new public library and establishing more parks throughout the community. Additionally, the City Council holds regular meetings to discuss issues related to public safety, infrastructure development, economic growth and other important matters facing the citizens of Bonney Lake. There are also several local political candidates from both major parties vying for office in this upcoming election cycle. These individuals have been working hard to ensure that they can serve their constituents with integrity and an understanding of the unique needs of the city’s residents.
The political climate in Zip 98391 (Bonney Lake, WA) is leaning liberal.
Pierce County, WA is somewhat liberal. In Pierce County, WA 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained strongly Democratic, 53.8% to 42.6%.
Pierce county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98391 (Bonney Lake, WA) is leaning liberal.
Bonney Lake, Washington is leaning liberal.
Pierce County, Washington is somewhat 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.
Bonney Lake, 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 98391 (Bonney Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,268 contributions totaling $90,152 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 383 contributions totaling $72,416 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)