The city of 98512 Olympia, WA is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor is elected directly by the voters and serves as the executive head of the City. The seven members of the City Council are also elected from districts within the city. In addition to making local ordinances, they approve the annual budget for both government offices and public services, such as schools and public transportation. The City Council also works with state representatives to ensure that laws passed at the state level do not conflict with local interests. Olympia is a vibrant city with a number of progressive organizations dedicated to improving its environment, education, housing opportunities, economic development, public safety, and other important aspects of life in this community.
The political climate in Zip 98512 (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 98512 (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 98512 (Olympia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,571 contributions totaling $160,491 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 258 contributions totaling $70,003 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)