The city of Spokane, WA (99202) is an important political hub in the state of Washington. Major political parties, such as the Republicans and Democrats, have a presence in Spokane and often host events to engage local residents with their party’s platform. In addition, Spokane is home to multiple candidates vying for office at the regional and state level. Issues that are locally relevant to 99202 include education reform, economic growth, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and environmental protection. There are numerous opportunities for citizens living in this area to get involved with the political process and make their voices heard on issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Zip 99202 (Spokane, WA) is leaning liberal.
Spokane County, WA is leaning conservative. In Spokane County, WA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spokane county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.0%.
Spokane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99202 (Spokane, WA) is leaning liberal.
Spokane, Washington is leaning liberal.
Spokane County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Spokane-Spokane Valley 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.
Spokane, 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 99202 (Spokane)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,300 contributions totaling $113,571 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $43,063 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)