Tacoma, WA 98418 is a vibrant city with a rich history of political activism. It is the home of many diverse communities and organizations, each with their own political views and goals. The City Council of Tacoma is the governing body of the city and consists of seven members who are elected to four-year terms. Current local political candidates in Tacoma, WA 98418 include Jake Fey, Keith Blocker, Erik Hanberg, Lillian Hunter, Mari Leavitt, Conor McCarthy and Anders Ibsen. All these candidates have varying backgrounds and approaches to addressing the issues facing Tacoma's communities. They are actively involved in tackling topics such as housing affordability, public safety, economic development and environmental protection. Each candidate brings their unique vision for Tacoma’s future to the table during election season.
The political climate in Zip 98418 (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 98418 (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 98418 (Tacoma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 608 contributions totaling $12,428 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)