Ridgefield, Washington is an idyllic small town located about 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon. The community consists of roughly 6800 residents and is the home to a diverse population with many different political views. Ridgefield citizens are served by three city council members who work together to ensure the best possible futures for their constituents. The city council works to create policies that help promote job growth, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. In addition to local government, Ridgefield also has representation from both state and federal levels of government. At the state level there is one state senator and two representatives who help represent the interests of Ridgefield in Olympia. At the federal level, Ridgefield has a representative from Washington's 3rd congressional district who works with other members of Congress to chart the course for our country. In short, politics in Ridgefield is vibrant and everchanging; its elected officials are committed to doing what's best for their constituents and helping bring about meaningful change for all citizens.
The political climate in Ridgefield, WA is leaning conservative.
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
Ridgefield, WA is leaning conservative.
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.
Ridgefield, 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 Ridgefield, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,050 contributions totaling $263,254 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 700 contributions totaling $242,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $347 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)