Okanogan County is located in the north-central region of Washington State. It has an estimated population of 41,120 people and covers a total area of 5,315 square miles. The county is governed by a three-member board of commissioners. These commissioners are elected to four-year terms and are responsible for the day-to-day operations of county government. They have authority over the budget, personnel, land use planning, public safety, public works, parks and recreation, economic development and other matters affecting Okanogan County residents. Local politics in Okanogan County generally focus on issues such as taxes, economic development, education and public safety. Candidates running for office typically make it their priority to address these issues if they are elected to serve in government.
The political climate in Okanogan County, WA is somewhat conservative.
In Okanogan County, WA 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okanogan county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 41.8%.
Okanogan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Okanogan 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.
Okanogan, 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 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 Okanogan County, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,914 contributions totaling $218,560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 686 contributions totaling $146,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)