Ocean City, WA is a small city located in the Pacific Northwest. It has a rich political history, and has been influenced by a variety of local and national forces. In recent years the city has seen an increase in civic engagement from its citizens due to increased access to information and technology. Residents participate in local forums and attend city council meetings to discuss issues that affect their day-to-day lives. Local politics is centered on concerns such as infrastructure, education, public safety, taxation, economic development, housing options, and environmental sustainability. The city works with state legislators to ensure that their interests are represented in the legislature. Issues such as transportation funding or renewable energy are often championed by Ocean City's representatives at the state level. Additionally, the city has multiple organizations dedicated to expanding access to information about local politics so that all citizens have a voice when it comes to decision making that affects them.
The political climate in Ocean City, WA is somewhat conservative.
Grays Harbor County, WA is leaning conservative. In Grays Harbor County, WA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grays Harbor county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 45.1%.
Grays Harbor county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ocean City, WA is somewhat conservative.
Grays Harbor County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area is leaning 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.
Ocean City, Washington: d d D D 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 Ocean City, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 861 contributions totaling $42,685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $6,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)