Napavine, WA is a small town located in Lewis County. Its politics are largely influenced by the county and state government, as well as local leaders in the community. Its mayor is currently Karl Sellem, who was elected in 2019 and has been involved with the Napavine community since 1992. The town council consists of seven members who are responsible for enacting laws and making decisions that affect the day-to-day life of its residents. The current council members range from local business owners to college students, ensuring that all voices in the area are represented. Napavine also has an active Chamber of Commerce that works closely with city officials to promote the growth and development of businesses within the city limits. Additionally, there are several political action committees dedicated to representing various citizens’ interests on both local issues and national issues. Through these organizations, Napavine residents remain informed about important topics and have their concerns heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Napavine, WA is strongly conservative.
Lewis County, WA is very conservative. In Lewis County, WA 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 32.0%.
Lewis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Napavine, WA is strongly conservative.
Lewis County, Washington is very conservative.
Centralia Metro Area is very 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.
Napavine, 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 Napavine, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,149 contributions totaling $97,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 978 contributions totaling $189,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)