Bremerton, WA is a vibrant community of just over 38,000 people in Kitsap County. It is a politically diverse city with an active local government that works to provide its citizens with access to quality services. The city has two distinct legislative bodies: the City Council and the Mayor-Council form of government. The City Council consists of seven members elected by the public to four year terms. This body sets policy, enacts legislation, and oversees the budget for Bremerton's municipal services. The Mayor-Council form of government consists of a mayor elected at large and six council members representing six different wards throughout the city. Both bodies work closely together to ensure that residents have access to high quality services in education, public safety, infrastructure, leisure activities, and more. Local elections are held every two years in November for both bodies so that residents can choose their representatives on these important issues impacting their lives.
The political climate in Zip 98310 (Bremerton, 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 98310 (Bremerton, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Bremerton, 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.
Bremerton, 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 98310 (Bremerton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 802 contributions totaling $33,051 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 447 contributions totaling $43,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)