The politics in Orting, WA (98360) are heavily influenced by its location in Pierce County. Located in the Washington State Legislative District 25, the city is represented by Republican Drew Stokesbary and Democrat Christine Kilduff. The city of Orting is also part of the 9th Congressional District, which is represented by U.S. Representative Adam Smith — a Democrat from Bellevue. At the county level, Orting falls within Pierce County Council District 4, which is represented by councilmember Pam Roach — a Republican from Auburn. The local politics of Orting involve a combination of issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements and economic development. In addition to state and federal representatives, the city has a mayor and four-person City Council that serve to make decisions on behalf of the community's residents.
The political climate in Zip 98360 (Orting, WA) is leaning 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 98360 (Orting, WA) is leaning liberal.
Orting, Washington is leaning 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.
Orting, 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 98360 (Orting)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $9,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $8,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)