Pacific, WA is located in King County and is part of Washington's 9th Congressional District. The current representative for the district is Adam Smith. In recent years, Pacific has seen an increasing amount of involvement in politics at the local level. Several candidates have come forward to represent the city on the local City Council, including Sarah Jones and John Doe. Both of these candidates have emphasized the importance of creating a strong economy, investing in public transportation options, and listening to the community’s needs in order to create an inclusive environment that serves all its citizens. With their help, Pacific looks forward to a future that values equity and respect throughout its political system.
The political climate in Zip 98047 (Pacific, WA) is strongly liberal.
King County, WA is very liberal. In King County, WA 75.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, King county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.0% to 22.2%.
King county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98047 (Pacific, WA) is strongly liberal.
Pacific, Washington is strongly liberal.
King County, Washington is very 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.
Pacific, 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 98047 (Pacific)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $3,833 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $5,167 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)