Kitsap County, located in Washington state, is a vibrant and diverse community with a strong local government. The county is served by an elected five-member county commission, which is responsible for setting policy and making decisions on issues such as zoning, land use, education, public safety, parks and recreation, economic development and taxation. The duties of the commission are determined by the laws of the State of Washington. Additionally, Kitsap County has several elected representatives who serve on various boards and commissions to provide input on important issues affecting the county. These representatives are chosen from each of the seven districts within Kitsap County to ensure that all voices are heard. The local politicians work hard to represent their constituents and ensure that their needs are met.
The political climate in Kitsap County, WA is moderately liberal.
In Kitsap County, WA 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kitsap county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 38.8%.
Kitsap county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kitsap County, WA is moderately liberal.
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Kitsap, Washington: d d D D D D
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 Kitsap County, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32,523 contributions totaling $3,113,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,819 contributions totaling $650,348 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)