Poulsbo, WA is a city in Kitsap County located on the Kitsap Peninsula. The current mayor of Poulsbo is Becky Erickson and the city council consists of seven members. As a representative form of government, the mayor and city council members are responsible for setting policy and creating laws that govern the city. The community of Poulsbo values local involvement in politics and encourages citizens to become active in their local government. Civic engagement takes many forms including attending City Council meetings, participating in Community Conversations or forming Working Groups to provide input on important issues facing the city. With an engaged citizenry, Poulsbo's elected officials are able to make informed decisions that represent the will of our community.
The political climate in Poulsbo, 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
Poulsbo, 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.
Poulsbo, 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 Poulsbo, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,142 contributions totaling $189,571 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 530 contributions totaling $68,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)