Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 is a community of approximately 24,000 people located in Kitsap County. It is governed by a seven-member city council with representatives elected from each of the island's three districts. The mayor and council are responsible for setting policies for the island that reflect the public's wishes and values. The local political scene is an active one, with candidates often campaigning on platforms consisting of issues such as environmental protection, economic development, housing affordability, and public safety. Regularly held town hall meetings provide opportunities for residents to comment on current issues and to raise questions about upcoming policy decisions. Bainbridge Island is also home to several advocacy groups that actively seek to represent the interests of all citizens in matters before the city government. In this way, politics on Bainbridge Island serve as an important part of civic life in the community.
The political climate in Zip 98110 (Bainbridge Island, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Kitsap County, WA is moderately liberal. In Kitsap County, WA 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, Kitsap county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 38.8%.
Kitsap county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98110 (Bainbridge Island, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Bainbridge Island, Washington is somewhat liberal.
Kitsap County, Washington is moderately liberal.
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.
Bainbridge Island, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 98110 (Bainbridge Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,584 contributions totaling $1,900,331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 698 contributions totaling $234,162 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)