Battle Ground, WA is a city located in Clark County which is home to a variety of different political groups and initiatives. Within the city of Battle Ground, there are numerous political organizations and events that take place throughout the year. These range from community meetings to local forums where citizens can discuss and debate the issues that matter most to them. Additionally, citizens have access to local newspapers such as The Reflector, a weekly publication dedicated to providing information about politics in the area. Additionally, many candidates for local office run their campaigns within Battle Ground in order to reach out to potential constituents. Politics in Battle Ground offer citizens an opportunity to actively participate in their community while having their voices heard on important topics.
The political climate in Battle Ground, 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
Battle Ground, 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.
Battle Ground, 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 Battle Ground, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,574 contributions totaling $77,264 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 385 contributions totaling $58,999 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)