Tieton, WA is a small rural town located in the Yakima Valley. Despite its size, Tieton has an active and engaged political climate. The town is served by two representatives — one Senator and one Representative — in the Washington State Legislature. The current representatives are Senator Brad Hawkins and Representative Gina Mosbrucker from the 14th Legislative District. Both representatives are committed to improving the lives of those living in Tieton by advocating for resources to support education, healthcare, infrastructure and economic development. Furthermore, local elections are held every two years for mayor and council positions which provide a platform for citizens to bring their ideas forward and shape the future of Tieton. With strong leadership at both state and local levels, Tieton is well-positioned to realize its potential as a vibrant rural community that works together to create positive change.
The political climate in Tieton, WA is somewhat 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
Tieton, WA is somewhat 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.
Tieton, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Tieton, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $9,814 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $540 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)