The city of Ephrata, WA, located in zip code 98823, is a small but thriving community with a vibrant political culture. The city holds regular local elections and representatives from all the major political parties are present in the area. The mayor of Ephrata is currently Sue Janecke and she is joined by four other members of the City Council who were elected to serve the community. These members each bring different expertise and perspectives to their roles as city government representatives, providing a balanced representation for Ephrata residents. Residents of Ephrata also have access to state-level politics at the nearby Olympia Capitol Building, allowing them to stay connected with what's happening in their state government.
The political climate in Zip 98823 (Ephrata, WA) is strongly conservative.
Grant County, WA is very conservative. In Grant County, WA 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.4%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98823 (Ephrata, WA) is strongly conservative.
Ephrata, Washington is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Washington is very conservative.
Moses Lake Metro Area is very 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.
Ephrata, 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 98823 (Ephrata)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $19,212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $11,569 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)