Aberdeen, Washington is an important city in the Grays Harbor County, located on the Chehalis River. It has a rich history and continues to serve as a cultural hub for the surrounding areas. Politically, Aberdeen is part of the 18th Legislative District, which consists of precincts from Grays Harbor and Mason counties. In 2019, State Representatives Steve Tharinger and Brian Blake were elected to represent their district in Olympia, the state capital. The City of Aberdeen has its own mayor-council form of government with three council members and a mayor who are all elected by local residents. The city also elects its own representatives to various boards and commissions such as the Port Commission, Planning Commission, and Transportation Committee. These representatives play an active role in helping shape Aberdeen's future decision-making processes by engaging directly with local citizens and stakeholders.
The political climate in Aberdeen, WA is leaning conservative.
Grays Harbor County, WA is leaning conservative. In Grays Harbor County, WA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grays Harbor county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 45.1%.
Grays Harbor county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Aberdeen, WA is leaning conservative.
Grays Harbor County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Aberdeen 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.
Aberdeen, Washington: d d D D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Aberdeen, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,191 contributions totaling $138,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 444 contributions totaling $126,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)