Oak Harbor, WA 98277 is a small city located in Island County. It is the largest city on Whidbey Island and has a population of 22,000 people. Despite its size, Oak Harbor has a strong political presence and influence in the region. The politics of Oak Harbor are represented by local representatives from both major parties. In the 2020 election cycle, Democratic candidate Derek Kilmer was elected to represent Washington's 6th Congressional District, which includes all of Oak Harbor. At the state level, there are two state legislators from each party representing Oak Harbor in Olympia. Local issues such as property taxes, education funding, or transportation have been at the top of their agendas for years. In recent years, citizens of Oak Harbor have also participated in efforts to oppose offshore oil drilling and protect local waterways from pollution. Overall, it is clear that Oak Harbor residents take an active interest in their local politics and strive to make their voices heard when it comes to important issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 98277 (Oak Harbor, WA) is leaning liberal.
Island County, WA is somewhat liberal. In Island County, WA 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Island county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 42.2%.
Island county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98277 (Oak Harbor, WA) is leaning liberal.
Oak Harbor, Washington is leaning liberal.
Island County, Washington is somewhat liberal.
Oak Harbor Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Oak Harbor, Washington: r r 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 98277 (Oak Harbor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,360 contributions totaling $103,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 732 contributions totaling $106,511 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)