The city of Cosmopolis, WA 98537 is a small town located in the Grays Harbor County in Washington State. It has a population of about 1,142 people according to the 2020 United States Census. Despite its small size, Cosmopolis is an active and engaged community when it comes to local politics. The citizens are passionate about their rights and are very involved in making sure that their voices are heard on the local level. The current mayor is Pamela Akerstrom who was elected in 2019 and has served since then. The majority of citizens seem to be content with her performance so far as she has been successful in securing additional funding for public projects such as parks, libraries, and roads. The town is also represented by Glen Johnson who was elected to the State House of Representatives in 2018 and continues to voice the concerns of his constituents today. With all these dedicated political representatives at work, it is clear that Cosmopolis takes its local politics seriously and strives for a better quality of life for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 98537 (Cosmopolis, WA) is leaning conservative.
Grays Harbor County, WA is leaning conservative. In Grays Harbor County, WA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grays Harbor county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 45.1%.
Grays Harbor county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98537 (Cosmopolis, WA) is leaning conservative.
Cosmopolis, Washington is leaning conservative.
Grays Harbor County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area is leaning 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.
Cosmopolis, 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 98537 (Cosmopolis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $2,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $722 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)