The city of East Wenatchee, WA (98802) is a vibrant community that is home to a diverse array of people. Politically, the city is represented in the Washington State Legislature by two representatives from the 12th Legislative District: Senator Brad Hawkins and Representative Mike Steele. In local politics, currently East Wenatchee Mayor Steve Lacy is up for reelection this coming November. The city council consists of seven members and are elected by the citizens of East Wenatchee. The council makes decisions on various issues that affect the everyday lives of residents such as public safety, infrastructure, parks and recreation, economic development, housing programs, public works projects and more. Overall, politics in 98802 East Wenatchee Wa are actively cared about by its citizens and decisions made by its governing bodies ensure they are heard.
The political climate in Zip 98802 (East Wenatchee, WA) is moderately conservative.
Douglas County, WA is strongly conservative. In Douglas County, WA 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 36.7%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98802 (East Wenatchee, WA) is moderately conservative.
East Wenatchee, Washington is moderately conservative.
Douglas County, Washington is strongly conservative.
Wenatchee 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.
East Wenatchee, 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 98802 (East Wenatchee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 559 contributions totaling $22,971 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 393 contributions totaling $72,367 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)