The politics in 98934 Kittitas, WA is a vibrant and active environment. The city is governed by a mayor and six-member City Council. In addition to the mayor and City Council, Kittitas also has many local organizations that are involved in the political process. These organizations include the Kittitas County Democratic Central Committee, Kittitas County Republican Party, the Kittitas Valley League of Women Voters, and the Community Coalition for Political Engagement (CCPE). Each of these organizations works to promote grassroots involvement in local politics, including voter education initiatives and candidate forums. Additionally, all citizens are invited to attend City Council meetings where they can voice their opinion on policy issues related to Kittitas. Through these civic engagement efforts, Kittitas residents can ensure their voices are heard in local government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 98934 (Kittitas, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Kittitas County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Kittitas County, WA 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kittitas county remained strongly Republican, 53.5% to 43.3%.
Kittitas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98934 (Kittitas, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Kittitas, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Kittitas County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Ellensburg 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.
Kittitas, 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 98934 (Kittitas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $1,340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $487 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)