The 98403 zip code encompasses the city of Tacoma, Washington. Tacoma has a long political history, with many current and former elected officials playing a role in the city's development. Currently, the mayor is Victoria Woodards, who was reelected to her second term in 2019. The city council members are Conor McCarthy, Chris Beale, Catherine Ushka, Ryan Mello, Keith Blocker and Robert Thoms. Additionally, there are several county-level representatives for the area including Connie Ladenburg (State Representative), Steve O’Ban (State Senator), Derek Kilmer (U.S. Representative) and Maria Cantwell (U.S. Senator). As a whole, Tacoma's political climate centers on progressive values such as protecting civil rights and improving quality of life for all citizens regardless of background or economic status.
The political climate in Zip 98403 (Tacoma, WA) is somewhat 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 98403 (Tacoma, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Tacoma, Washington is somewhat 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.
Tacoma, 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 98403 (Tacoma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,601 contributions totaling $225,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $36,416 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $439 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)