Wahkiakum County is a small, rural county located in southwest Washington State. Politically, the county leans heavily towards the Republican party, and residents of the county have consistently voted for Republican political candidates in recent elections. The current members of the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners are all Republicans, and their decisions reflect conservative values and fiscal responsibility. The county's residents are largely supportive of the Republican Party's policy stances on most issues, from taxation to healthcare. Local elections tend to be dominated by candidates from both parties competing for votes in this rural area with limited resources. Despite any differences between local residents in their opinions on how to best serve their community, they ultimately come together when it comes time to vote for their representatives and shape the future direction of their county.
The political climate in Wahkiakum County, WA is moderately conservative.
In Wahkiakum County, WA 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wahkiakum county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.1%.
Wahkiakum county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wahkiakum County, WA is moderately 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.
Wahkiakum, 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 Wahkiakum County, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 314 contributions totaling $18,179 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $9,949 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)