Vancouver, WA is a vibrant city located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is home to several universities and businesses that contribute to its booming economy. Politically, Vancouver is a part of Washington state’s 18th Legislative District and is represented at the federal level by U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler and U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, both Democrats. At the state level, Vancouver’s representatives are Senators Ann Rivers and Lynda Wilson (Republicans) and Representatives Monica Stonier (Democrat) and Vicki Kraft (Republican). Locally, Vancouver has a mayor-council form of government with Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle presiding over six council members: Bart Hansen, Ty Stober, Alishia Topper, Bill Turlay, Julie Olson and Larry Smith. Residents of Vancouver can participate in politics by attending city council meetings or volunteering for local campaigns during election season.
The political climate in Vancouver, WA is leaning liberal.
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
Vancouver, WA is leaning liberal.
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.
Vancouver, 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 Vancouver, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45,357 contributions totaling $3,358,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,457 contributions totaling $6,043,867 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $811 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)