The town of Winthrop, WA is a small, rural community in the North Cascades. Despite its small population, the politics in Winthrop are just as active and lively as any other city. Local elections are held every couple of years to determine who will lead the community in representing its citizens on a range of issues from providing access to public services like health care and education, to economic development initiatives such as attracting new businesses to the area. Residents take part in various political events throughout the year to stay informed on local and national issues that affect their lives. Additionally, many civic organizations are available for residents to join and get involved with their local government. All of these efforts ensure that Winthrop remains a vibrant and engaged community where people come together to make decisions that benefit everyone.
The political climate in Winthrop, WA is somewhat conservative.
Okanogan County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Okanogan County, WA 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okanogan county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 41.8%.
Okanogan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winthrop, WA is somewhat conservative.
Okanogan County, Washington is somewhat 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.
Winthrop, Washington: R R r 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 Winthrop, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 539 contributions totaling $30,706 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $27,827 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $409 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)