South Bend, Washington is a small town located in Pacific County near the south end of Willapa Bay. It has a population of around 1,355 people according to the last census count. South Bend is home to many political organizations and committees that are dedicated to ensuring responsible government action. The South Bend Civic League works to bring together citizens and local officials to help create an informed and involved community. The league also sponsors candidate forums and debates during election season to give voters an opportunity to learn more about the candidates running for office. Additionally, South Bend has a city mayor who is elected by the citizens of the city every two years and helps set policy and direct resources for the town. With its dedication to civic engagement, South Bend serves as an example of what can be accomplished when local people come together in support of their own community's needs.
The political climate in South Bend, WA is leaning conservative.
Pacific County, WA is leaning conservative. In Pacific County, WA 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pacific county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.3%.
Pacific county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Bend, WA is leaning conservative.
Pacific County, Washington 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.
South Bend, 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 South Bend, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 358 contributions totaling $16,329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $5,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)