Waterville, WA is a small town located on the eastern side of Washington State. It has a population of around 3,700 people and is home to many local businesses and organizations. Politics in Waterville is often focused on the local level, with elections for mayor and city council taking place every two years. The political climate in Waterville is generally moderate to conservative; most citizens are hard-working and interested in seeing their community thrive. Local politicians strive to keep taxes low and ensure that resources are available for all citizens. The recent mayoral election was close, but the incumbent was reelected to serve another two-year term. Citizens here take their civic duties seriously, with many attending public meetings to voice their concerns or support for policies.
The political climate in Waterville, WA is moderately conservative.
Douglas County, WA is strongly conservative. In Douglas County, WA 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 36.7%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waterville, WA is moderately conservative.
Douglas County, Washington is strongly conservative.
Wenatchee Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Waterville, Washington: R R R R 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 Waterville, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 191 contributions totaling $248,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)