Port Townsend, WA is a small city on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. It is situated in Jefferson County and is home to around 9,000 people. The local political landscape of Port Townsend includes a mayor and six city councilors who are elected to serve four-year terms. Mayor Deborah Stinson was elected in 2015 and currently serves as the town's leader, managing policies related to public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvement, health and human services, public works, parks and recreation, and more. The councilors focus on specific issues related to their district while also working towards the collective betterment of the city. There is also an active citizen involvement with many residents engaging in local politics through committees like Citizens for Quality Growth or through advocacy programs like the Environmental Protection Coalition and Sustainable Port Townsend. Overall, Port Townsend has a strong sense of civic pride and values its citizens' voices—it just takes some effort to stay informed about local politics in order to make sure your voice is heard!
The political climate in Port Townsend, WA is moderately liberal.
Jefferson County, WA is very liberal. In Jefferson County, WA 69.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.4% to 28.0%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Port Townsend, WA is moderately liberal.
Jefferson County, Washington is very 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.
Port Townsend, 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 Port Townsend, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,438 contributions totaling $569,699 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 327 contributions totaling $47,279 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)