The city of Cle Elum, WA is a small community located in Kittitas County. With a population of 2,678, it is the fourth largest city in the county. Despite its small size, Cle Elum is a vibrant and engaged political locale. The city is served by two representatives on the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners, who work together to ensure that local residents have access to resources and services. Additionally, local citizens are actively involved in city government through initiatives like public input sessions and town meetings focused on making decisions that improve everyday life for everyone in the community. Through these actions, citizens can help shape the future of their city and create positive change.
The political climate in Cle Elum, WA is somewhat conservative.
Kittitas County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Kittitas County, WA 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kittitas county remained strongly Republican, 53.5% to 43.3%.
Kittitas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cle Elum, WA is somewhat conservative.
Kittitas County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Ellensburg Metro Area 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.
Cle Elum, Washington: R R r 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 Cle Elum, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 210 contributions totaling $69,424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $42,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)