Politics in Medical Lake, WA (99022) are largely shaped by the political atmosphere of the local area. Spokane County is a predominantly conservative area, and this has an effect on the politics of 99022. Spokane County leans towards Republican candidates for major elections, which often results in Republicans being elected to city offices in Medical Lake and other nearby towns. As a result, many of the public policies implemented in 99022 focus on conservative principles such as fiscal responsibility and smaller government. Additionally, due to its location within the county, Medical Lake is also subject to state and national legislation that can impact locals directly or indirectly. For example, Washington State passed Initiative 1631 in 2018, which put a fee on carbon emissions that could affect businesses operating within 99022.
The political climate in Zip 99022 (Medical Lake, WA) is leaning conservative.
Spokane County, WA is leaning conservative. In Spokane County, WA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spokane county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.0%.
Spokane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99022 (Medical Lake, WA) is leaning conservative.
Medical Lake, Washington is leaning conservative.
Spokane County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Spokane-Spokane Valley 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.
Medical Lake, 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 99022 (Medical Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $13,687 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $27,099 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)