Puget Island, WA is a small island located off the coast of Washington state in the Pacific Northwest. It is home to a tight-knit community of local residents who share a deep connection to their home and a strong commitment to protecting its natural resources. Politics on Puget Island are mainly focused on issues important to the local community, such as continuing to protect Puget's waterfront environment and maintaining a strong economy for generations to come. Local residents take an active role in voicing their opinions and concerns through public forums hosted by the town council. They also regularly get involved with local elections and ensure that their voices are heard when it comes time to vote for city officials or support initiatives that could benefit their community. In this way, Puget Island remains an engaged community that works together to continue keeping its unique culture intact, while still being open to growth in areas like housing and businesses so everyone can enjoy what it has to offer.
The political climate in Puget Island, WA is moderately conservative.
Wahkiakum County, WA is moderately conservative. In Wahkiakum County, WA 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wahkiakum county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.1%.
Wahkiakum county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Puget Island, WA is moderately conservative.
Wahkiakum County, Washington is moderately 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.
Puget Island, 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 Puget Island, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 237 contributions totaling $15,629 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $9,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)