Bainbridge Island is a small but vibrant community located in the Kitsap Peninsula of Washington State. Politics in Bainbridge Island are reflective of the larger county and state level conversations, revolving around topics like taxes, education funding, and environmental protection. Local politics are mainly governed by the city council, which consists of seven members elected to 4-year terms. The mayor is appointed by the members of the council for a two year term. Community members actively engage with local politicians by attending city council meetings or voicing their opinion about policy decisions on social media platforms. Additionally, local initiatives such as ballot measures and referendums also give citizens an opportunity to make their voices heard when it comes to making important decisions about public services and policies on the island.
The political climate in Bainbridge Island, WA is leaning liberal.
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
Bainbridge Island, WA is leaning liberal.
Kitsap County, Washington 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.
Bainbridge Island, 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 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 Bainbridge Island, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,687 contributions totaling $1,967,086 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,198 contributions totaling $279,982 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)