Wenatchee, WA is located in Chelan County and has a population of 31,925 according to the 2019 estimates. The city is served by an all-elected government system that includes seven council members, a mayor, treasurer, and auditor. The city's political landscape reflects the diversity of its residents with a range of conservative and liberal ideologies. While there are no local political candidates currently running for office in 98801 Wenatchee, WA, local residents take part in the political process by voting in elections at the national, state, and local levels. Wenatchee citizens also have access to representation from various elected officials who serve in both the Washington State Senate and House of Representatives. With a strong sense of civic engagement among its residents, Wenatchee continues to be an active part of the political process.
The political climate in Zip 98801 (Wenatchee, WA) is leaning conservative.
Chelan County, WA is leaning conservative. In Chelan County, WA 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chelan county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 44.7%.
Chelan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98801 (Wenatchee, WA) is leaning conservative.
Wenatchee, Washington is leaning conservative.
Chelan County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Wenatchee 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.
Wenatchee, 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 98801 (Wenatchee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,622 contributions totaling $130,257 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 717 contributions totaling $117,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)