The small town of Cashmere, WA is located in the heart of Washington state and is home to a population of just over 3,000. Many of the people living here are families that have been in the area for generations, with a strong sense of community. When it comes to politics, Cashmere is no different than any other city in Washington. They have local politicians that represent their interests in Olympia and Washington D.C., as well as county commissioners and representatives on boards such as the Chelan County Commission and the Chelan County Consolidated Hospital District Board. As a community, Cashmere takes its political representation seriously and puts emphasis on making sure each voice is heard. Local candidates are always eager to hear from residents about the issues that matter most to them and take their views into consideration when making decisions about what policies they should support or oppose.
The political climate in Zip 98815 (Cashmere, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Chelan County, WA is leaning conservative. In Chelan County, WA 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chelan county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 44.7%.
Chelan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98815 (Cashmere, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Cashmere, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Chelan County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Wenatchee Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Cashmere, Washington: R R R 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 98815 (Cashmere)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 297 contributions totaling $8,409 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $6,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)