The politics of 98850 Rock Island, WA are largely shaped by local concerns and values. The people who live in this area have a strong sense of community and strive to ensure that their voice is heard in the political realm. The citizens of Rock Island are passionate about their civic duties and have made sure to be involved in the decision-making process when it comes to their local government. There is a wide variety of topics which come up for discussion during elections such as education, public safety, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection and much more. This involvement helps create a healthy debate around important issues that affect the day-to-day lives of the people that live here. Local political candidates must be able to address these concerns in order to earn support from voters in 98850 Rock Island, WA.
The political climate in Zip 98850 (Rock Island, WA) is moderately conservative.
Douglas County, WA is strongly conservative. In Douglas County, WA 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 36.7%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98850 (Rock Island, WA) is moderately conservative.
Rock Island, Washington is moderately conservative.
Douglas County, Washington is strongly conservative.
Wenatchee Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Rock Island, Washington: R R R R R R
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 98850 (Rock Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $153 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)