Politics in the 98351 Longbranch, WA area is an issue that affects locals on a daily basis. The local government consists of representatives elected by their community members to serve on various committees, boards, and councils to make decisions regarding important matters such as taxes, budgets, and infrastructure development. These representatives are responsible for advocating for and representing the needs of their constituents. Elections are held every two years to determine which representative will hold office. In addition to the local representatives, Washington State has a strong presence of national organizations that advocate for issues within the state including the National Association of Counties, Washington State Democrats, and Washington State Republicans. Each organization provides resources such as campaign financing, voter registration information, political research, and education initiatives. The citizens of Longbranch are passionate about staying informed on current political issues and take advantage of these resources to participate in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 98351 (Longbranch, 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 98351 (Longbranch, WA) is leaning liberal.
Longbranch, 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.
Longbranch, 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 98351 (Longbranch)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $1,976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $6,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)