Ellensburg, Washington is a small city with a population of about 18,000 people located in Kittitas County. The politics in Ellensburg are quite unique compared to other cities. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected by the citizens of Ellensburg. They serve four-year terms and are responsible for creating policies, setting budgets and making decisions that affect the local community. The Mayor of Ellensburg is also elected by citizens for four-year terms. In addition, during elections, voters can choose from a variety of local political candidates from both major parties who are running for Mayor, City Council, and various other positions. As such, there is room for citizens to get involved and express their opinions while deciding who should represent them in their government at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 98926 (Ellensburg, WA) is leaning conservative.
Kittitas County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Kittitas County, WA 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kittitas county remained strongly Republican, 53.5% to 43.3%.
Kittitas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98926 (Ellensburg, WA) is leaning conservative.
Ellensburg, Washington is leaning conservative.
Kittitas County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Ellensburg 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.
Ellensburg, 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 98926 (Ellensburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,481 contributions totaling $203,623 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 628 contributions totaling $142,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)