Kennewick, WA is located in Benton County and part of the Tri-Cities area. Politics in 99337 Kennewick are largely dominated by Republican candidates due to the county's conservative leanings. The Benton Republican Party has a strong presence, with a strong history of fielding successful candidates at the local, state, and federal level. Republicans have been able to build a large coalition within the city which keeps them at the forefront of local politics. At the same time, there is also an active Democratic Party that works alongside Republicans to create an open dialogue between both parties and furthering policy initiatives that benefit all citizens of 99337 Kennewick, WA.
The political climate in Zip 99337 (Kennewick, WA) is moderately conservative.
Benton County, WA is moderately conservative. In Benton County, WA 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.6% to 37.6%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99337 (Kennewick, WA) is moderately conservative.
Kennewick, Washington is moderately conservative.
Benton County, Washington is moderately 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.
Kennewick, 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 99337 (Kennewick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 775 contributions totaling $60,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $48,247 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)