The politics in Chelan, WA are largely conservative, with the majority of local politicians belonging to the Republican party. The city is represented by Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who serves as a US Representative in Washington's 5th congressional district. At the state level, Chelan is represented by Senators Brad Hawkins and Keith Wagoner, both Republicans. In addition to these representatives, members of the county council and school board are elected from within Chelan County. These local politicians work hard to ensure that the citizens of Chelan have access to services and resources they need to live safely and comfortably.
The political climate in Chelan, WA is somewhat conservative.
Chelan County, WA is leaning conservative. In Chelan County, WA 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chelan county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 44.7%.
Chelan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chelan, WA is somewhat conservative.
Chelan County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Wenatchee Metro Area 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.
Chelan, 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 Chelan, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 526 contributions totaling $26,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 203 contributions totaling $29,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)