The politics within the Port Angeles, WA Metro Area are diverse and complex. At the local level, the city is served by a mayor-council system of government, with seven council members elected on a non-partisan basis. Elections are held every three years to elect the mayor and three council members, while two council members are appointed based upon their qualifications and experience. In addition to providing representation for various communities within the area, the mayor and city council oversee day-to-day operations of government services such as public safety, infrastructure development, environmental protection and economic development initiatives. The City Council also acts as an advisory board to ensure that current policies reflect the needs and preferences of citizens in Port Angeles. Additionally, there is active civic engagement in local politics as numerous campaigns from a variety of perspectives seek to affect change across the metro area.
The political climate in Port Angeles Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Port Angeles Metro Area 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Port Angeles metro area flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 46.8%.
The Port Angeles metro area flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Port Angeles Metro Area is leaning 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.
Port Angeles, Washington: r r d d r 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 Port Angeles Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,909 contributions totaling $684,187 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,626 contributions totaling $209,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)