The politics in 99203 Spokane, WA are heavily influenced by the local government, with the Mayor, City Council members, and other local officials playing a major role in shaping policy. Elections for these positions take place regularly in order to determine who will lead the city and its citizens. In addition to the mayors and council members, a variety of special boards and committees exist to advise on important decisions that affect the greater Spokane area. Every four years there is also a statewide election that determines which party controls state government. The results of all of these elections direct how taxes are spent, what laws are passed, and how resources are allocated throughout the city.
The political climate in Zip 99203 (Spokane, WA) is leaning conservative.
Spokane County, WA is leaning conservative. In Spokane County, WA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spokane county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.0%.
Spokane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99203 (Spokane, WA) is leaning conservative.
Spokane, Washington is leaning conservative.
Spokane County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Spokane-Spokane Valley 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.
Spokane, 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 99203 (Spokane)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,145 contributions totaling $613,213 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 802 contributions totaling $220,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)