Pacific Beach, Washington is a small town on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. It has a unique political climate in which local legislation is determined by residents voting in elections for city council members and other public officials. These officials are responsible for deciding policies that help the community thrive, protecting the environment, and promoting economic growth. Furthermore, the city actively works to ensure that their citizens have access to quality education, healthcare, transportation infrastructure, and other public services. Residents are also encouraged to be politically engaged by attending city council meetings, voicing their opinions on decisions made by public officials, and joining or creating community organizations that support causes they believe in. Pacific Beach, Washington is an example of how a small town can make the most of its resources through thoughtful political action and citizen involvement.
The political climate in Pacific Beach, WA is somewhat 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
Pacific Beach, WA is somewhat 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.
Pacific Beach, 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 Pacific Beach, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $2,313 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)