The city of Puyallup, WA (zip code 98372) is located in the south Puget Sound region of Washington State. It has a rich history and culture that dates back to its earliest inhabitants, the indigenous Native Americans. Politically, the city is served by many local elected officials at both the state and county levels. The Washington State Legislature consists of two representatives from the district covering Puyallup, as well as three senators from the Pierce County area. At the county level, an elected Commissioner holds office for each district within Pierce County. Moreover, there are numerous local political clubs and organizations throughout the city such as The League of Women Voters of Puyallup-Fife-Sumner area, Citizens Action Network and more. These organizations strive to educate citizens about political issues and choices that affect their lives. Additionally, every two years residents have a chance to elect new representatives at all levels during general elections held in November. The overall goal is to ensure that candidates are representing their constituents in a way that benefits everyone in the community.
The political climate in Zip 98372 (Puyallup, 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 98372 (Puyallup, WA) is leaning liberal.
Puyallup, 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.
Puyallup, 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 98372 (Puyallup)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 793 contributions totaling $95,945 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $31,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)