Bingen, Washington is a small town located in the Columbia River Gorge, and its politics are influenced by the region. The local politics of Bingen are governed by the Klickitat County Commissioners, who have jurisdiction over a variety of issues such as taxation, land-use policies, zoning regulations, public safety initiatives, and infrastructure projects. The county commissioners work with local elected mayors and councils to ensure that all of these issues are addressed. Additionally, the state legislature holds responsibility for matters such as education funding and health care legislation. In Bingen, residents engage in political discourse through forums hosted by local organizations and participation in local elections every four years. Civic engagement is an important part of life in Bingen and allows citizens to shape their community’s future.
The political climate in Bingen, WA is somewhat conservative.
Klickitat County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Klickitat County, WA 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Klickitat county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 43.9%.
Klickitat county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bingen, WA is somewhat conservative.
Klickitat County, Washington is somewhat 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.
Bingen, Washington: R R d r 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 Bingen, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $1,640 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $450 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)