Cheney, Washington is a small city in Spokane County that is home to around 11,200 people. Though it is a small town, Cheney has an active and involved political landscape. It is represented by various members on the local and county level of government including Mayor EJ White and City Council Members Brad Gehring, Bill Parnell, Ava Ordaz, Paul Schmidt, and Rae Douglass. The city is also served by Representative Matt Shea in the Washington State House of Representatives and Senator Michael Baumgartner in the Washington State Senate. These representatives work hard to ensure that Cheney's voice is heard throughout the state legislature. In addition, Cheney holds municipal elections every two years to elect mayor and council members who will serve four-year terms. This ensures that all citizens have a say in their local government and representation.
The political climate in Zip 99004 (Cheney, 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 99004 (Cheney, WA) is leaning conservative.
Cheney, 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.
Cheney, 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 99004 (Cheney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 768 contributions totaling $62,137 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $24,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)