Klickitat County is located in south-central Washington and has a diverse political landscape. The county includes two cities, Goldendale and White Salmon, as well as several rural areas. Politically, the county is mostly comprised of Republican voters, with the majority of elected officials representing the GOP. At the local level, there are a few interesting council races this year in Klickitat County. Some notable candidates include Councilmember Gail Hinderstein of Goldendale and Councilmember Lyle Miller of White Salmon. Both candidates have deep roots in their respective communities and are passionate about making Klickitat County a better place to live. Both are committed to creating jobs and improving infrastructure while maintaining fiscal responsibility. It should be an exciting election season in Klickitat County this year!
The political climate in Klickitat County, WA is somewhat conservative.
In Klickitat County, WA 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Klickitat county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 43.9%.
Klickitat county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Klickitat County, WA is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Klickitat, Washington: R R d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Klickitat County, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,096 contributions totaling $297,821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 566 contributions totaling $122,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)