The politics of 98438 McChord AFB, WA are largely shaped by the local and national issues that affect all Americans. Although the population is not stated, it can be assumed that there are a significant number of military personnel living in the area due to its proximity to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. As such, many of the local political candidates will address issues related to military service and defense spending. Additionally, as a Washington state resident, local candidates will also address matters concerning taxation, education, infrastructure development, environmental policy and social services. In summary, 98438 McChord AFB has an active political landscape focusing on issues that are both local and national in scope.
The political climate in Zip 98438 (McChord AFB, WA) is somewhat 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 98438 (McChord AFB, WA) is somewhat liberal.
McChord AFB, Washington is somewhat 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.
McChord AFB, 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 98438 (McChord AFB)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $105 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)