Parkwood, WA is a small town located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It has a population of about 5,000 people and is known for its friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Politics in Parkwood are handled at the local level with a mayor and city council that serve to represent the interests of the community. The mayor is elected by popular vote and serves as head of all government operations within Parkwood. The council consists of seven members who are also elected by popular vote and serve for four year terms. Together, these representatives oversee operations such as budgeting, public works projects, and infrastructure improvements. They also work to ensure that local ordinances are followed by residents and businesses alike.
The political climate in Parkwood, WA is somewhat liberal.
Kitsap County, WA is moderately liberal. In Kitsap County, WA 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kitsap county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 38.8%.
Kitsap county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Parkwood, WA is somewhat liberal.
Kitsap County, Washington is moderately liberal.
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Parkwood, Washington: d d D D D D
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 Parkwood, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,103 contributions totaling $66,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 500 contributions totaling $45,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)