The city of Tacoma, WA, located in zip code 98465, is an area of rich political diversity. Tacoma has a strong local government that includes a mayor and eight city council members. Along with the mayor and city council members, there is an elected school board and other various local boards such as a parks board that help shape the future of the city. The citizens of Tacoma are involved in their local politics and take part in electing officials who will make decisions that affect their lives and communities. On election days, much of the population takes part in voting on important issues that may include levying taxes, allocating funds for infrastructure or services projects, or even legalizing new laws. There is also ample opportunity for citizens to get involved by attending public meetings or volunteering to assist in campaigns. Through these means, citizens can voice their opinions and have an impact on the future of Tacoma.
The political climate in Zip 98465 (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 98465 (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 98465 (Tacoma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 492 contributions totaling $33,569 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $14,207 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)