Aberdeen, WA is a small city located in Grays Harbor County that has a population just over 16,000 people. As the county seat of Grays Harbor, Aberdeen houses many government offices and services for the county. In addition to providing services, Aberdeen also has its own local politics. Local elections are held every two years with candidates running for positions such as mayor, city council members and other appointed positions. The current mayor of Aberdeen is Erik Larson who was elected into office in 2017 to succeed a previous incumbent who had served since 2008. The City Council consists of seven members elected by their respective districts and they meet regularly to discuss policy matters and vote on legislation that will impact the city's residents and businesses. Residents have the opportunity to become involved in local politics by voting in primary and general elections or by attending public meetings where elected officials discuss important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Zip 98520 (Aberdeen, WA) is leaning conservative.
Grays Harbor County, WA is leaning conservative. In Grays Harbor County, WA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grays Harbor county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 45.1%.
Grays Harbor county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98520 (Aberdeen, WA) is leaning conservative.
Aberdeen, Washington is leaning conservative.
Grays Harbor County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Aberdeen 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.
Aberdeen, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 98520 (Aberdeen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 839 contributions totaling $52,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $44,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)