The town of Ione, WA is a small rural community located in Eastern Washington. It has a population of just over 1,000 people and is part of the Okanogan County political district. The current elected officials for the city are Mayor Tom Donahue, City Administrator Stephanie Taylor, City Council Member Terry Morken and City Council Member Kevin Holland. The community focuses on its small-town values, prioritizing the needs of its citizens and providing the best services possible. Despite being relatively small, Ione takes an active role in local politics with regular meetings of the council and annual events such as its 4th of July celebration. In addition to these events, local candidates regularly have opportunities to discuss their views within the community. This allows residents to be informed about upcoming elections and make informed decisions when it comes time to cast their ballot.
The political climate in Zip 99139 (Ione, WA) is very conservative.
Pend Oreille County, WA is very conservative. In Pend Oreille County, WA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pend Oreille county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 30.3%.
Pend Oreille county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99139 (Ione, WA) is very conservative.
Ione, Washington is very conservative.
Pend Oreille County, Washington is very conservative.
Spokane-Spokane Valley 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.
Ione, 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 99139 (Ione)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 106 contributions totaling $2,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $1,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)