The political landscape in the Shelton, WA Metro Area is quite diverse. While no local candidates are mentioned by name, residents are represented by a range of politicians in the state legislature and federal House of Representatives. The majority of people in the area belong to one of two major parties, with a minority belonging to third parties or being politically unaffiliated. No matter the political persuasion, all citizens’ voices are heard and taken into account when it comes to legislation and other decisions made on their behalf. The local government strives to ensure that everyone's opinions are respected and taken into consideration. As such, there is great opportunity for civic engagement throughout the region.
The political climate in Shelton Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Shelton Metro Area 46.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Shelton metro area remained narrowly Republican, 50.2% to 46.3%.
The Shelton metro area voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previ.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shelton Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Shelton, Washington: d d d d 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Shelton Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,586 contributions totaling $281,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 873 contributions totaling $158,081 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)