The city of Bremerton, WA is located in Kitsap County and is part of the greater Seattle metropolitan area. With a population of over 39,000 people, it is the largest city in Kitsap County. Bremerton politics are run by a nonpartisan Mayor-Council government system consisting of a mayor and seven elected council members. The city council meets regularly to discuss issues facing the community and to vote on policies that shape Bremerton’s future. The current mayor of Bremerton is Greg Wheeler, who was first elected to office in 2016. Under his leadership, the City Council has passed legislation to improve public safety, increase access to affordable housing, expand job opportunities for local youth and strengthen economic development initiatives. In addition to this focus on local issues, Mayor Wheeler backs larger statewide initiatives like carbon reduction strategies and expanding access to healthcare coverage for all Washington residents.
The political climate in Zip 98311 (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 98311 (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 98311 (Bremerton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,259 contributions totaling $70,334 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $37,516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)