Located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, 98614 Chinook, WA is a small town with a population of just over 3,000 people. It is known for its stunning views of Mt. Rainier and its close proximity to many outdoor attractions such as rock climbing and fishing. Despite its small size, Chinook has an active political atmosphere with a number of local political candidates vying for office every election cycle. The majority of these candidates tend to be from the Democratic and Republican parties, although independents and third-party candidates have also made appearances in Chinook's elections in recent years. One example is the 2018 state house race between Democrat Bruce Lachney and Republican Jordan Dehaan. This race was highly contested by both sides, ultimately resulting in Dehaan winning the seat by just under 6 percentage points. With such tight margins in races like these, it's clear that politics are still alive and well in 98614 Chinook, WA.
The political climate in Zip 98614 (Chinook, WA) is leaning conservative.
Pacific County, WA is leaning conservative. In Pacific County, WA 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pacific county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.3%.
Pacific county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98614 (Chinook, WA) is leaning conservative.
Chinook, Washington is leaning conservative.
Pacific County, Washington is leaning conservative.
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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.
Chinook, Washington: d d D D 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 98614 (Chinook)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $53 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $8,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)