Graham, Washington is located in Pierce County and is a politically active area. Over the past few years, many local political candidates have been campaigning for office, including for county commissioner and state representatives. The citizens of Graham take their civic duty seriously and are very involved in local politics. They recognize that their votes can make the difference between policies that benefit their families and businesses as well as those that may hinder them. Since there are many candidates vying for each seat, there is an ongoing debate about which candidate will be most effective at addressing local concerns. As a result of this commitment to civic engagement, Graham has become an example of effective local politics and democracy in action.
The political climate in Zip 98338 (Graham, WA) is leaning 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 98338 (Graham, WA) is leaning liberal.
Graham, Washington is leaning 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.
Graham, 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 98338 (Graham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 325 contributions totaling $12,269 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $29,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)