The politics in Soap Lake, WA 98851 are largely shaped by its mayor and four-member city council. The current mayor is Scott A. Mercer, who was first elected to the position in 2018. The city council members are Taylor R. Hulbert, Kyle S. Neill, Daniel J. Whiteaker, and Jacob H. Westmoreland. All of the council members have served since 2016 and their terms last through 2020 or 2021, depending on the individual's election year. In recent years, Soap Lake has focused on improving infrastructure such as roads and sidewalks alongside supporting local businesses with grants and incentives to help them grow and expand in the city. Mayor Mercer is also an advocate for environmental conservation as well as transparency within the city government. Overall, the political landscape of Soap Lake is one that encourages progress while still upholding traditional values of community and neighborly support throughout the city limits.
The political climate in Zip 98851 (Soap Lake, WA) is strongly conservative.
Grant County, WA is very conservative. In Grant County, WA 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.4%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98851 (Soap Lake, WA) is strongly conservative.
Soap Lake, Washington is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Washington is very conservative.
Moses Lake Metro Area is very 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.
Soap Lake, 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 98851 (Soap Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $1,464 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $9,646 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)