Stevenson, WA is a small town in the Columbia River Gorge area with a population of around 1,800. In terms of local politics, Stevenson is part of the Skamania County and is represented by three County Commissioner districts – District 1 (Bear Creek/Skamania), District 2 (North County) and District 3 (Stevenson). The current commissioners are Chairman Steve Roberts (District 1), Dan Tjossem (District 2) and Greg Zickau (District 3). The Skamania County Board of Commissioners works to improve the quality of life for county residents by making decisions on budgeting, public safety, economic development, land use planning and more. Additionally, the board works to ensure that citizens have access to their local government by hosting regular meetings in each district and keeping citizens informed on important news and updates.
The political climate in Stevenson, WA is somewhat conservative.
Skamania County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Skamania County, WA 43.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Skamania county remained moderately Republican, 53.1% to 43.7%.
Skamania county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stevenson, WA is somewhat conservative.
Skamania County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
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.
Stevenson, 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 Stevenson, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 411 contributions totaling $21,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $2,428 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)