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Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Washington snapshot20,193

Abortions occurring in Washington

2022

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Abortions reported as occurring in Washington in the state's occurrence-based abortion statistics.

Reported procedure type

Medical procedures: 12,569 (62.2%)

How it was measured: Washington State Department of Health compiles abortion reports submitted for procedures occurring in the state.

Keep in mind

This is an occurrence count and does not include abortions obtained outside Washington by Washington residents.
Counts do not measure a person's reasons, access, views, or the effect of a particular policy.

Washington State Department of Health ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect abortion accessRestrict abortion access

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Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Washington snapshot$1,760/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

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Median monthly gross rent for renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, including contract rent plus estimated average utility and fuel costs paid by the renter.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate and expressed in 2024 dollars.

Keep in mind

This is a multi-year statewide estimate, not a current asking-rent measure.
The median obscures differences by location, unit size, housing quality, and renter circumstances.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

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Expand affordable housingLower property costs

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Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Washington snapshot7.8%

People under age 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

Understand this number

Share of Washington’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimate.

Keep in mind

This is a survey estimate and is not the same as current Medicaid enrollment or an administrative coverage count.
Coverage status alone does not measure affordability, provider access, quality, or prescription-drug costs.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand coverage and accessEmphasize choice and competition

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Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Washington snapshot92.3%

Adults with at least a high school diploma

2020–2024 estimate

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Share of Washington residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

This is an adult educational-attainment measure, not a current high-school graduation rate or a measure of school quality.
A statewide estimate can obscure differences across communities and demographic groups.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Invest in public schoolsExpand school choice

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Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Washington snapshot915

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

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Deaths in which firearm injury was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 11.0 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.

Keep in mind

The total combines firearm deaths across intents, including suicide, homicide, legal intervention, and unintentional or undetermined injury.
It does not measure nonfatal injuries, firearm ownership, defensive uses, or policy effects.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

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Strengthen gun-safety lawsProtect gun rights

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Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Washington snapshot15.4%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020–2024 estimate

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Share of Washington residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or current border crossings.
The Census does not assign legal status in this measure.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

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Prioritize border enforcementCreate legal pathways

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Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Washington snapshot59.3%

Hydroelectric share of in-state electricity generation

2024

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Conventional hydroelectric generation as a share of Washington's total in-state electric-industry net generation.

EIA generation totals

Hydroelectric generation: 60,736,309 MWh
Total net generation: 102,397,711 MWh

How it was measured: FactVote divides the 60,736,309 MWh of conventional hydroelectric generation in U.S. Energy Information Administration Table 5 by 102,397,711 MWh of total in-state net generation and rounds to one decimal place.

Keep in mind

In-state generation is not the same as electricity delivered to Washington customers because power crosses state lines.
Electricity generation is only one part of total energy use, and hydropower output varies with water conditions.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

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Washington snapshot$5.26/gal

Regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

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Estimated statewide average retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations, including taxes.

Washington compared with the U.S.

Regular gasoline price

Washington: $5.259/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

Washington's average was $1.188 per gallon higher, or about 29.2% above the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of August 31, 2026.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Recent weekly prices

Prior week: $5.214/gal
Weekly change: +4.5¢
One year earlier: $4.294/gal
Change from one year earlier: +96.5¢

How it was measured: U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly retail motor-gasoline survey estimate for Washington. FactVote displays the published dollars-per-gallon value and calculates changes from EIA's published prior-week and nearest year-earlier weekly observations.

Keep in mind

The statewide estimate does not represent the price at every station or in every Washington community.
The series is nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns, and weekly estimates can be revised.
The price reflects crude-oil costs, refining, distribution, marketing, and taxes; it does not identify the effect of any single policy or market event.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

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Prioritize conservation and clean energyExpand domestic energy production

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Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Washington snapshot$98,141

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number

Median money income received by Washington households, expressed in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

Income is not take-home pay and does not directly measure taxes, wealth, prices, or purchasing power.
A statewide median obscures regional and household differences.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Lower taxes and spendingInvest in workers and services

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Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Washington snapshot

78.95%

Registered-voter turnout

November 5, 2024 general election

43.44%

Primary election turnout

August 4, 2026 primary election

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Final statewide ballots counted divided by registered voters for Washington's 2024 general election.

Recent turnout comparison

General election turnout: 78.95%
Primary election turnout: 43.44%

Both percentages use final statewide participants divided by registered voters published by the Washington Secretary of State for each election.

Washington allows registration and address updates through 8 p.m. on Election Day, so the registered-voter denominator can change during results reporting.
Registered-voter turnout is not the same as turnout among all voting-age or voting-eligible residents.

Washington Secretary of State ↗Download official data ↗

How it was measured: The Washington Secretary of State reports 3,961,569 ballots counted and 5,017,620 registered voters for the 2024 general election, or 78.95%. For the certified 2026 primary, FactVote divides 2,236,447 participating voters by the 5,147,877 registered voters reported across all 39 counties and rounds to 43.44%.

Keep in mind

Registered-voter turnout is not the same as turnout among all voting-age or voting-eligible residents.
Turnout does not by itself measure election access, administration quality, confidence, or the effect of a specific rule.

Washington Secretary of State ↗

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Expand voting accessIncrease election safeguardsStrengthen ethics and transparency

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Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Washington snapshot331.8 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

How it was measured: FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Washington's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 99.1% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 99.4%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Washington snapshot2,520.2 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Washington's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 99.1% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 99.4%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Washington snapshot344

Homicide deaths

2024 final data

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Deaths for which homicide was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted homicide death rate: 4.4 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.

Keep in mind

Homicide mortality is not the same as offenses reported to police and does not include nonfatal violence.
Counts and rates do not establish causes or the effect of a particular policy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Emphasize policing and enforcementEmphasize prevention and justice reform

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Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Washington snapshot1,526,417

People receiving Social Security benefits

December 2025

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People in Washington receiving Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits in current-payment status.

Complete beneficiary groups

Retired workers: 1,216,514
Disabled workers: 132,137
Widow(er)s and parents: 69,367
Spouses: 41,142
Children: 67,257

How it was measured: Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record, 100-percent administrative data. FactVote groups the source's retirement and disability spouse columns together and its retirement, survivor, and disability child columns together so the five displayed groups reconcile exactly to the statewide total.

Keep in mind

The total includes retirement, survivor, disability, spouse, and child beneficiaries and should not be described as retirees alone.
The grouped categories describe benefit type, not benefit adequacy, private pensions, or retirement savings.

Social Security Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect or expand benefitsChange benefits to address long-term costs

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Foreign policy and diplomacy

Diplomacy, alliances, and the use of U.S. military force abroad.

Strengthen diplomacy and alliancesLimit U.S. military intervention abroad

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Veterans and military families

Veterans' care, benefits, housing, work, and transition to civilian life.

Protect or expand veterans' care and benefitsExpand veterans' housing, education, and work support

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National defense

Military readiness, modernization, and defense spending.

Invest in military readiness and modernizationReduce military spending

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Digital privacy and surveillance

Personal data rights and limits on surveillance.

Strengthen personal data rightsLimit government and workplace surveillance

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Artificial intelligence

AI safeguards, accountability, research, and development.

Set AI rules and safeguardsInvest in AI research and development

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Libraries and access to books

Public library services and access to books.

Support and expand library servicesProtect access to library books

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