White Swan, WA 98952 is a small rural community located at the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. The town has a long history of political engagement and has been represented by both local and national politicians throughout its existence. Locally, the government is structured around a Town Council elected by the citizens of White Swan. This council is responsible for overseeing local governing decisions such as budgeting, infrastructure projects, land-use regulations, and public safety. Additionally, White Swan plays an active role in state politics by electing two representatives to serve in the Washington State Senate and House of Representatives. These representatives work to protect and advance the interests of their constituents while advocating for common-sense laws on behalf of all Washingtonians. This ongoing commitment to civic participation ensures that White Swan remains an engaged community with a strong voice in local and state politics.
The political climate in Zip 98952 (White Swan, 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 98952 (White Swan, WA) is leaning conservative.
White Swan, 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.
White Swan, 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 98952 (White Swan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $15,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,583 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)