The politics in 98390 Sumner, WA are reflective of the larger city and state political climate. The city is represented by two members of the Washington State House of Representatives – Joe Schmoe from the 29th district and Jane Doe from the 30th district. On the local level, Sumner has an elected mayor and a city council composed of seven members who serve four-year terms. The Mayor and Council provide leadership in setting policy direction for the City government and oversee all City departments and services. Citizens also have the opportunity to get involved in local politics through community organizations, interest groups, campaigns, or voting on important issues. Overall, Sumner is an engaging political environment that encourages civic participation at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 98390 (Sumner, 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 98390 (Sumner, WA) is leaning liberal.
Sumner, 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.
Sumner, 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 98390 (Sumner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 531 contributions totaling $56,374 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $34,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)