In 99362 Walla Walla, WA, the politics are dominated by the Republican Party. The majority of local political candidates for office are members of the GOP. They focus on issues such as fiscal responsibility, lower taxes, and minimal government involvement in everyday life. In addition to the Republicans, there is often one or two independent candidates that run for office in the area but their influence is usually limited due to the large Republican voter base. Despite this, there is still a healthy debate between all political parties on various topics that affect the lives of those living in this part of Washington State.
The political climate in Zip 99362 (Walla Walla, WA) is leaning conservative.
Walla Walla County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Walla Walla County, WA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walla Walla county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 43.8%.
Walla Walla county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99362 (Walla Walla, WA) is leaning conservative.
Walla Walla, Washington is leaning conservative.
Walla Walla County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Walla Walla Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Walla Walla, 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 99362 (Walla Walla)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,314 contributions totaling $288,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 913 contributions totaling $228,299 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)