The Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Metro Area is a bustling area full of diverse businesses and people. Politically, there are several local candidates that are striving to make change in the community. These candidates come from both major political parties and represent a variety of views on different issues, such as education, healthcare, economic development, and public safety. Local initiatives have been put into place to ensure that the community's voice is heard in the political process. Civic engagement is high; voters regularly turn out for elections in numbers that rival much larger cities. Community members come together often to discuss pertinent issues with elected officials and find solutions that will benefit the entire metro area. Despite its small size, Bremerton-Silverdale packs a political punch when it comes to making sure their voices are heard!
The political climate in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro Area 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Bremerton-Silverdale metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 38.8%.
The Bremerton-Silverdale metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, Washington: d d D D D D
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32,523 contributions totaling $3,113,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,819 contributions totaling $650,348 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)