The small town of Naches, WA (zip code 98937) is located in Yakima County and is part of the greater Yakima Valley area. Politically, the area has been a strongly conservative area since its establishment as part of Washington state in 1889. Currently, most of Naches' residents are registered Republicans who tend to support conservative candidates at all levels of government. The town does not have any local political candidates due to its very small population size; however, many people from Naches are involved in local and state politics on both sides of the aisle. As such, while there may not be any direct representation for the town's residents within the political system or particular candidates running for office specifically from the town, their voices are still heard clearly through their involvement with the larger regional political systems.
The political climate in Zip 98937 (Naches, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Yakima County, WA is leaning conservative. In Yakima County, WA 44.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yakima county remained moderately Republican, 52.6% to 44.9%.
Yakima county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98937 (Naches, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Naches, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Yakima County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Yakima Metro Area is leaning 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.
Naches, 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 98937 (Naches)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,127 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $21,234 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)