Union Gap, WA 98903 is a small city located in Yakima County. While it is not a large town, Union Gap has a strong sense of community and pride in its local politics. The city is currently governed by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor and the six council members are all elected by the local residents to serve four-year terms. Each year, the citizens of Union Gap have an opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates for office during municipal election cycles. The mayor and council make important decisions about city services, infrastructure projects, budgets, and taxes that benefit the entire community. In addition to voting in these elections, citizens can also participate by attending local town hall meetings or volunteering on political campaigns to support their favorite candidates.
The political climate in Zip 98903 (Union Gap, 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 98903 (Union Gap, WA) is leaning conservative.
Union Gap, 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.
Union Gap, 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 98903 (Union Gap)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $12,138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $29,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)