Politics in 98620 Goldendale, WA is a vibrant and active part of the community. Locally, citizens are served by members of the Klickitat County Commission, which consists of three elected commissioners who each serve a four-year term. The county commission is responsible for preserving public safety, managing county roads and bridges, overseeing animal control and licensing activities, providing assistance to numerous agencies and departments throughout the county, and representing the citizens’ interests in any legal proceedings. Additionally, Goldendale is represented by an elected mayor serving a four-year term. The mayor works closely with the city council and other local stakeholders in order to create policies that benefit Goldendale's constituents. Every two years, citizens come together to elect their representatives at all levels of government – from local precinct committees and district representatives through state senators and House delegates – to ensure that their voices are heard in Olympia.
The political climate in Zip 98620 (Goldendale, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Klickitat County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Klickitat County, WA 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Klickitat county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 43.9%.
Klickitat county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98620 (Goldendale, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Goldendale, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Klickitat County, Washington is somewhat 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.
Goldendale, Washington: R R d 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 98620 (Goldendale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 417 contributions totaling $15,293 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $30,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)