The city of Bremerton, WA is located in Kitsap County and has a population of 37,729, with a median age of 40.9 years old. Bremerton has a mayor-council form of government, which consists of the Mayor as its chief executive officer and seven Council members who are elected to four year terms. The Mayor and Council handle local policy decisions for the city, while the County Commissioners oversee countywide initiatives. Bremerton is home to many important state and federal representatives at all levels that work on behalf of constituents. These include Senator Patty Murray in the US Senate, Representatives Derek Kilmer in the House of Representatives, and State Representative Sherry Appleton in Olympia. Each brings different perspectives and expertise to their respective roles to ensure that the interests of those living in 98314 Bremerton are being represented.
The political climate in Zip 98314 (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 98314 (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 98314 (Bremerton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)