The politics of 98506 Olympia, WA are influenced by the local government as well as the state and national governments. The city is represented in the Washington State Senate and House of Representatives by two Democrats and one Republican. Olympia is also home to the Thurston County Board of Commissioners, which provides critical services such as public safety, health care, economic development, and environmental protection. The county commissioners are composed of three elected officials who serve four-year terms. Additionally, local issues are addressed by numerous community committees that are organized at the city level. Residents of Olympia can stay informed about upcoming elections by visiting the City Clerk's website or attending public meetings held by various civic organizations.
The political climate in Zip 98506 (Olympia, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Thurston County, WA is moderately liberal. In Thurston County, WA 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Thurston county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 38.8%.
Thurston county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98506 (Olympia, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Olympia, Washington is somewhat liberal.
Thurston County, Washington is moderately liberal.
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater Metro Area is moderately 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.
Olympia, 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 98506 (Olympia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,449 contributions totaling $570,465 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $46,896 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)