The city of Fort Lewis, WA 98433 is in Pierce County and is home to a diversified population. The local political scene is mostly focused on issues such as public safety, economic development, sustainability, and infrastructure. In the recent elections for mayor and members of the City Council, the candidates had varying positions on these issues and discussed their plans for tackling them. For example, one candidate was in favor of increasing public safety by investing in additional police officers, while another emphasized the need to revitalize the local economy by investing in job training and other skills-building initiatives. Meanwhile, some candidates focused on issues such as improving air quality or creating a more walkable community through better bike lanes and improved sidewalks. All of these ideas were important aspects of the discussion during the election season as each candidate sought to appeal to voters with their unique perspectives on how they would improve life in Fort Lewis.
The political climate in Zip 98433 (Fort Lewis, WA) is somewhat 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 98433 (Fort Lewis, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Fort Lewis, Washington is somewhat 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.
Fort Lewis, 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 98433 (Fort Lewis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)