Spokane Valley, WA is a city of over 95,000 people located in the Spokane metropolitan area. This area is known for its strong sense of community and engaged residents who are willing to take part in local politics. The City Council and Mayor of Spokane Valley are responsible for setting policy and overseeing departments that serve citizens. The City Council meets regularly to discuss issues that are important to the local residents and businesses in the area. Each year, citizens have an opportunity to cast their vote for local political candidates, allowing them to choose leaders who will work towards achieving positive goals on behalf of the community. Consequently, there exists a vibrant political atmosphere in Spokane Valley where citizens can engage with elected officials who work hard to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 99037 (Spokane Valley, WA) is leaning conservative.
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 99037 (Spokane Valley, WA) is leaning conservative.
Spokane Valley, Washington is leaning conservative.
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 Valley, 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 99037 (Spokane Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 652 contributions totaling $39,294 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 162 contributions totaling $58,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $361 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)