The small town of Bay Center, WA, located in 98527 zip code, is home to a friendly and tight-knit community. The local politics in this area are quite decentralized. As opposed to having one centralized governing body that oversees all decisions, the town relies heavily on community input. Each of the many neighborhoods have their own councils and representatives who work together to make sure the voice of the citizens is met and their needs are addressed. This system of governance allows for an open exchange of ideas between locals and helps the town come together as a whole. Residents are encouraged to get involved with their local community councils and representatives in order to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to political decisions that affect them.
The political climate in Zip 98527 (Bay Center, WA) is leaning conservative.
Pacific County, WA is leaning conservative. In Pacific County, WA 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pacific county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.3%.
Pacific county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98527 (Bay Center, WA) is leaning conservative.
Bay Center, Washington is leaning conservative.
Pacific County, Washington is leaning conservative.
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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.
Bay Center, 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 98527 (Bay Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $3,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)