Yakima, Washington is a city in Central Washington located along the banks of the Yakima River. It has a rich history rooted in agriculture and the railroad industry and is home to over 92,000 residents. Yakima's current mayor is Kathy Coffey, who was elected in 2019. Her focus has been on improving the quality of life for all citizens, providing greater access to resources, and promoting community engagement. Beyond this, local politics in Yakima tend to center around issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure investments, and environmental protection. The city council members work diligently to ensure that all voices are heard when making decisions on behalf of the citizens of Yakima. They strive to maintain an open dialogue with their constituents and provide strong leadership in tackling the challenges of the city head-on.
The political climate in Zip 98902 (Yakima, 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 98902 (Yakima, WA) is leaning conservative.
Yakima, 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.
Yakima, 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 98902 (Yakima)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,365 contributions totaling $87,475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $77,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)