1928 United States presidential election in Washington (state) county in Washington – and indeed along with five counties in California the first Democratic wins since that election in any county within the three Pacific States of Washington, Oregon and California. The extent of anti-Catholic sentiment in the progressive Pacific Northwest can be seen in that Washington State was the fourth most Republican in the nation during this election, voting 18.33 percentage points more Republican than the nation at-large and less Republican than only Maine, Michigan and Kansas. Only in 1904 has Washington State been so Republican relative to the nation as a whole, and then there was a
Pacific, Washington Pacific, Washington Pacific is a city in King and Pierce counties in the State of Washington. Located primarily in King County, the population was 6,606 at the 2010 census. Like its northern neighbor Algona, Pacific is sometimes mistaken for a part of Auburn. Platted August 10, 1906 by real estate promoter Clarence Dayton Hillman as "C.D. Hillman's Pacific City Addition to the City of Seattle," Pacific was officially incorporated on August 10, 1909. Record-breaking rains in November 2006 pushed the White River over its river banks along Pacific City Park, creating a temporary lake. In January 2009, release of stormwaters