The Washington Community Alliance (WCA) Data Hub is a data-driven resource hub and Washington State’s administrator of the Voter Activation Network (VAN), supporting a network of community-based organizations throughout the state in their civic engagement work. We provide accessible research, responsive technical assistance, and strategic coordination to strengthen voter contact programs, promote high-participation elections, and work towards a thriving, multiracial democracy across Washington.
Interactive Tools
General Elections Dashboard
Explore results from Washington State’s General Elections, including ballot initiatives and federal, statewide, legislative, countywide, and municipal races. Preliminary results will be added on Election Night and updated daily through certification during each General Election.
Primary Elections Dashboard
Explore results from Washington State’s Primary Elections, including contested federal, statewide, legislative, countywide, and municipal races. Preliminary results will be added on Election Night and updated daily through certification during each Primary Election.
Election Reports
2023 General Election
In November 2023, voters across Washington elected new school board directors, city councilors, and mayors, and weighed in on some major ballot initiatives. Read more here, including spotlights of some of our partners’ incredible voter outreach programs and in-depth analyses of the electorate.
2023 Primary Election
In August 2023, voters across Washington picked their top-two candidates in >250 contested municipal races. Read more here for results and a demographic breakdown of the electorate in each county, city, and school district that held an election.
2023 Special Election
In early 2023, voters in Seattle approved a local initiative to create a new social housing program. Read more here to learn how House Our Neighbors’ multimodal voter engagement strategy mobilized a broad coalition of voters to pass I-135.
2022 General Election
In November 2022, voters across Washington elected state legislators and congressional representatives, and weighed in on some Ranked-Choice Voting initiatives. Read more here, including a district-by-district analysis of who voted and who stayed home.
2022 Primary Election
In August 2022, voters across Washington picked their top-two candidates for Congress and the state legislature. Read more here for results and a demographic breakdown of the electorate in each legislative district and congressional district.
Research Reports
Randomized Trial: Sunnyside GOTV
Mail is a popular tool in large-volume voter outreach programs, despite relatively little data showing any efficacy of mail at motivating voter turnout. In 2023, we partnered with a group of five organizations to compare the efficacy of mail vs door-knocking at turning out infrequent voters in Sunnyside, WA. Read more here for additional details, results, and recommendations for reaching low propensity voters.
Ballot Initiative Impact Analysis
The ballot initiative process is a powerful direct democracy tool, empowering voters to advance popular policies at the ballot box and bypass political gridlock in state and local governments. We partnered with the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC) to investigate how ballot initiatives impacted voter turnout in 2022. Read more here to learn how specific issue types motivated turnout of infrequent voters, and how support for progressive issues differed from support for Democratic candidates.
WIRF Impact Evaluation
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across Washington, one particularly vulnerable group was left out of direct assistance programs: undocumented Washingtonians, who disproportionately suffered from the acute and long-term effects of the pandemic. Gov. Inslee and the state legislature eventually created the Washington Immigrant Relief Fund (WIRF), providing direct assistance to these communities in 2020 through 2022. Read more here to learn about the program and the impact that it had on specific immigrant communities throughout the state.
Partner Organizations
National Partners
