Oakville, WA is a small town located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is known for its picturesque forests and rivers. It has a close-knit community with many local businesses and organizations that contribute to the health of the area. Politically, Oakville has always been a place that encourages open dialogue and civic engagement from its citizens. Local elections are held regularly to determine who will lead the town, and these elections have generally been uncontested as citizens have become more unified in their stance on various issues. In addition to the elected officials, there are several volunteer boards and committees that work to help ensure smooth functioning of local government procedures. The town also seeks out input from its residents when making decisions about development projects or establishing policy guidelines for things like public safety, education, health care, and infrastructure projects. As such, politics in Oakville are vibrant and ever-changing due to the engagement of its citizens in order to ensure that it remains a great place to live.
The political climate in Oakville, WA is somewhat conservative.
Grays Harbor County, WA is leaning conservative. In Grays Harbor County, WA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grays Harbor county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 45.1%.
Grays Harbor county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakville, WA is somewhat conservative.
Grays Harbor County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area is leaning 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.
Oakville, Washington: d d D D 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 Oakville, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 143 contributions totaling $33,985 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $14,941 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $575 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)