Westport, Washington is a small town located in Grays Harbor County on the southwest coast of the state. As a small city, it has local representatives that represent its citizens in government affairs. Westport is served by two county commissioners who work with the mayor and town council to set policies and budgets for the city. The city's elected officials are dedicated to providing services to residents and businesses while maintaining the unique character of their community. They have worked hard to ensure economic development for Westport while preserving its natural beauty and history. City officials regularly meet with local business owners, stakeholders, and organizations to discuss ways to strengthen Westport’s economy and make the city a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Westport, WA is leaning 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
Westport, WA is leaning 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.
Westport, 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 Westport, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $10,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)