Bingen, WA is a small town located in the 98605 zip code in Klickitat County, WA. With a population of just over 1,000 people, Bingen has a small-town feel and is home to many families and businesses. Politically, Bingen is represented by state representatives who are elected on a partisan basis from the 26th district in Washington State. The county seat of Klickitat County is also located in Bingen, making it an important part of the community. Bingen supports various causes to improve the lives of its citizens including public safety, public works projects, health care access and environmental protection. Bingen also regularly hosts events that bring together local politicians and residents to discuss important issues for the community. Local candidates for office typically have strong ties to the community and often come from long-time families or have long been involved in local organizations.
The political climate in Zip 98605 (Bingen, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Klickitat County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Klickitat County, WA 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Klickitat county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 43.9%.
Klickitat county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98605 (Bingen, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Bingen, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Klickitat County, Washington is somewhat 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.
Bingen, Washington: R R d r 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 98605 (Bingen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $1,640 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $450 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)