Forks, WA is a small town located in the Olympic Peninsula region of Washington. The population is estimated to be around 3,538 people. While Forks does not have its own government or elected officials, it does have representatives at the county and state level. At the county level, Forks is represented by commissioner Penny Trout, who was first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. At the state level, it is represented by Senator Lisa Wellman and Representative Kathy Haigh. Both Wellman and Haigh have a long record of advocating for issues important to their constituents such as healthcare access, environmental protection, and education reform. The citizens of Forks are actively involved in local politics and attend town hall meetings regularly to stay informed on current issues affecting the community. With strong representation at all levels of government, Forks is able to effectively voice its needs on statewide and county matters.
The political climate in Zip 98331 (Forks, WA) is leaning liberal.
Clallam County, WA is leaning liberal. In Clallam County, WA 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clallam county flipped Democratic, 50.2% to 46.8%.
Clallam county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98331 (Forks, WA) is leaning liberal.
Forks, Washington is leaning liberal.
Clallam County, Washington is leaning liberal.
Port Angeles Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Forks, Washington: r r d d r d
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 98331 (Forks)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 177 contributions totaling $11,009 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $11,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)