Politics in 98050 Preston, WA are largely focused on local issues within the area. Local elections often include decisions about the town's budget and how to best allocate public funds, as well as zoning and development decisions that will affect the future of the community. Local candidates for political office focus on issues such as improving public safety, providing adequate infrastructure funding, protecting natural resources, and ensuring quality education for all students in the district. Many local residents take an active role in their community by attending city council meetings and participating in other activities and events related to local politics. In addition to local politics, Preston citizens also stay informed on national affairs and participate in initiatives such as voter registration drives.
The political climate in Zip 98050 (Preston, WA) is moderately 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 98050 (Preston, WA) is moderately liberal.
Preston, Washington is moderately 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.
Preston, 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 98050 (Preston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 585 contributions totaling $50,147 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $8,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $582 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)