In 98445 Parkland, WA, politics is something that affects the lives of residents and the community at large. As a suburban area located just outside of Tacoma, Washington, Parkland is a part of Pierce County. This means that local matters in Parkland are handled by the Pierce County government. Residents have representatives that they can turn to for assistance with any local matters or issues. In terms of national politics, Washington state is a predominantly blue state in terms of its voting tendencies with liberal politicians winning most elections throughout the state. So for residents of Parkland, WA politics have an influence on their lives through both national and local processes.
The political climate in Zip 98445 (Parkland, 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 98445 (Parkland, WA) is leaning liberal.
Parkland, 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.
Parkland, 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 98445 (Parkland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 668 contributions totaling $48,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $35,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)