The city of Yakima, WA 98908 is a thriving and vibrant community. It is home to a diverse population of over 90,000 people and has become an increasingly popular destination for those looking to settle in the Pacific Northwest. Politically, Yakima is represented at the local level by a mayor, seven city council members, and four county commissioners. The current mayor is Kathy Coffey, and the City Council currently consists of four Republicans, two Democrats, and one independent member. Yakima County also has its own Commissioners Court and Board of Elections that oversee various county-level decisions and elections. In recent years, Yakima politics have been largely dominated by local conservative interests focusing on reducing property taxes and ensuring that local businesses are not overtaxed or overregulated. Yakima's leadership has also been proactive in establishing strong relationships with neighboring communities as well as other parts of Washington State.
The political climate in Zip 98908 (Yakima, WA) is leaning conservative.
Yakima County, WA is leaning conservative. In Yakima County, WA 44.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yakima county remained moderately Republican, 52.6% to 44.9%.
Yakima county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98908 (Yakima, WA) is leaning conservative.
Yakima, Washington is leaning conservative.
Yakima County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Yakima Metro Area is leaning 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.
Yakima, 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 98908 (Yakima)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,530 contributions totaling $98,345 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,095 contributions totaling $243,279 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)