Toledo, WA is a small community located in the Thurston County area of Washington State. It has a unique political landscape that is shaped by its small population and location in the county. Toledo is part of the 23rd Legislative District, which includes several neighboring towns and cities. The current representative for this district is Drew MacEwen, who was elected to represent the area in 2014. As for local politics, Toledo operates with an elected mayor and five-member city council. The mayor and council are responsible for managing local affairs such as budgeting, public safety, economic development, and more. They strive to ensure that Toledo remains a safe and pleasant place to live while also making sure it is economically viable for residents to stay here permanently or for visitors to come visit. In addition, they are focused on providing services that will help improve quality of life within the city limits.
The political climate in Zip 98591 (Toledo, WA) is strongly conservative.
Lewis County, WA is very conservative. In Lewis County, WA 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 32.0%.
Lewis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98591 (Toledo, WA) is strongly conservative.
Toledo, Washington is strongly conservative.
Lewis County, Washington is very conservative.
Centralia Metro Area is very 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.
Toledo, 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 98591 (Toledo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $10,751 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $20,163 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)