Elma, WA is a small city located in Grays Harbor County. The city has a mayor/council form of government, with the mayor and six council members representing the town's residents. The council meets monthly to discuss issues related to Elma's future development and growth. Issues such as infrastructure repairs, budgetary allocations, economic development, and public safety are routinely discussed at these meetings. Currently, two political candidates are running for mayor of Elma - Mayor Randy Farber and Councilman Mark Hunter. Both have successful backgrounds in local politics and are committed to serving the citizens of Elma with transparency and integrity. It will be up to the residents of Elma to decide which candidate is best suited to lead their city forward in this upcoming election season.
The political climate in Zip 98541 (Elma, WA) is somewhat 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 98541 (Elma, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Elma, Washington is somewhat 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.
Elma, 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 98541 (Elma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $10,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $15,607 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)