Hockinson, WA is a small rural community located in Southwest Washington. Despite its size, Hockinson has a vibrant political climate. Local elections are hotly contested and feature candidates from both major and minor party affiliations. The issues at stake vary from year to year but often focus on topics like the economy, public health, education, and infrastructure. Residents of Hockinson have the opportunity to make their voices heard through their vote or by engaging with their elected representatives directly. It is important for residents to stay up-to-date on local politics so that they can make informed decisions during election season and be active participants in the community's political process.
The political climate in Hockinson, WA is leaning conservative.
Clark County, WA is leaning liberal. In Clark County, WA 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained moderately Democratic, 51.0% to 45.9%.
Clark county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hockinson, WA is leaning conservative.
Clark County, Washington is leaning liberal.
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro Metro Area is strongly 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.
Hockinson, Washington: r r 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 Hockinson, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,529 contributions totaling $312,011 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,148 contributions totaling $262,083 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)