Newport, WA Voting


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Newport, WA is a small town located in the Spokane County of Washington state. It has a total area of 2.9 square miles and a population of about 1,100 people. There are no major political parties in Newport, but local politics are still an important part of life for many residents. The town is governed by an elected mayor and six-member City Council who serve four-year terms. The Mayor and City Council meet regularly to discuss and vote on matters such as infrastructure improvements, the budget, public safety, ordinances, and other matters affecting the community. Residents are also encouraged to attend these meetings and can voice their opinions on any issue or policy being discussed. Local elections are held every two years with candidates running for mayor and council positions representing different points of view on how best to move Newport forward. Regardless of who holds office, all elected officials strive to make decisions that benefit the entire community equally.

The political climate in Newport, WA is moderately conservative.

Pend Oreille County, WA is very conservative. In Pend Oreille County, WA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Pend Oreille county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 30.3%.
Pend Oreille county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Newport, WA is moderately conservative.


Pend Oreille County, Washington is very conservative.

Spokane-Spokane Valley 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.

Newport, 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 Newport, WA

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 446 contributions totaling $36,311 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $33,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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