The politics in 99207 Spokane, WA are generally seen as quite diverse and progressive. The city is represented in Congress by Democrat Lisa Brown and in the Washington state Legislature by a mix of Democrats and Republicans including Representatives Marcus Riccelli, Timm Ormsby, and Rob Chase, along with Senators Andy Billig and Michael Baumgartner. Locally, political initiatives are often based on public demand for increased services or reform to existing departments like schools or police. Recently there have been campaigns to increase funding for education in the area as well as support for local businesses through tax incentives. Spokane also has a thriving citizen-led organization that advocates on behalf of the homeless population in the city. Additionally, there is ongoing dialogue about increasing environmental protection measures within the region.
The political climate in Zip 99207 (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 99207 (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 99207 (Spokane)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 542 contributions totaling $49,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $37,003 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $394 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)