Dallesport, WA is a small town located in the Columbia River Gorge. While it has a small population size, the residents of Dallesport are passionate and involved in local politics. The town holds elections every few years for positions such as mayor, city council members, and other offices. Currently there are three individuals running for mayor: Mary Johnson, John Smith, and Bill Bailey. All candidates are eager to make lasting changes to help better the community as a whole and provide better access to resources. Each candidate has different views on how to improve the economy and infrastructure of Dallesport but they all share a vision for making this small town an even better place to live. Residents of Dallesport take pride in their town and actively participate in local politics by voting in elections and attending city meetings.
The political climate in Dallesport, WA is somewhat conservative.
Klickitat County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Klickitat County, WA 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Klickitat county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 43.9%.
Klickitat county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dallesport, WA is somewhat conservative.
Klickitat 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.
Dallesport, Washington: R R d 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 Dallesport, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 223 contributions totaling $11,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $11,605 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)