The city of 98337 Bremerton, WA is a bustling port city in Kitsap County with an exciting political landscape. With the city’s population just over 40,000 diverse citizens, there are many important issues facing this vibrant community. Education, housing, public transportation, and economic development are all important topics that local politicians have addressed while campaigning for office. There are several candidates running for office in Bremerton including incumbent Mayor Greg Wheeler, Councilwoman Leslie Daugs, and City Councilman Stephen Swann who all hold differing views on how to best tackle the issues impacting the city. All three candidates have committed to working with their constituents to create lasting change in Bremerton. Through listening to their constituents and focusing on tangible solutions the candidates hope to make 98337 Bremerton a better place for everyone in the community.
The political climate in Zip 98337 (Bremerton, WA) is moderately 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 98337 (Bremerton, WA) is moderately liberal.
Bremerton, Washington is moderately 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 98337 (Bremerton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 688 contributions totaling $36,767 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $7,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)