Kahlotus, WA is a small town of approximately 500 people located in Franklin County. The town is governed by a five-member town council that makes decisions about the local laws and regulations. Each member of the council is elected for a two-year term, and elections are held on an annual basis. The current mayor of Kahlotus is Mayor Tom Smith, who was first elected to office in 2018. Under Mayor Smith's leadership, the town council has been focused on improving infrastructure, promoting economic development initiatives, and addressing local issues such as housing affordability. Additionally, the council is committed to working with businesses and community organizations to ensure that Kahlotus remains an attractive place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 99335 (Kahlotus, WA) is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Franklin County, WA 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained strongly Republican, 55.7% to 41.2%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99335 (Kahlotus, WA) is moderately conservative.
Kahlotus, Washington is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Kennewick-Richland Metro Area is moderately 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.
Kahlotus, 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 99335 (Kahlotus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $295 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)