College Place, Washington is a small city located in Whitman County and has a population of approximately 4,300. It is part of the Walla Walla region and has a rich political history. The city is represented by two state senators and one representative in the State House for the 9th District. In addition to this representation at the state level, College Place also has its own local government with an elected mayor and four city council members who are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that affect local residents. The city regularly holds elections for positions on the City Council, as well as other important roles within the community such as school board trustees and county commissioners. College Place residents take pride in having an active political landscape and are heavily involved in civic activities such as voting initiatives or attending town hall meetings to discuss current issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 99324 (College Place, WA) is leaning conservative.
Walla Walla County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Walla Walla County, WA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walla Walla county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 43.8%.
Walla Walla county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99324 (College Place, WA) is leaning conservative.
College Place, Washington is leaning conservative.
Walla Walla County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Walla Walla 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.
College Place, 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 99324 (College Place)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 334 contributions totaling $13,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $11,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)