Inchelium, WA is a small town in the eastern part of the state with a population of around 500 people. It is an unincorporated community that is governed by the local government of Ferry County, which consists of three county commissioners and a clerk. The county commissioners are responsible for overseeing the affairs of county residents, including providing funding for local services such as police protection and fire services. Political candidates running for office in Inchelium must be registered voters who reside in the area. The current commissioners were elected in 2019 and will serve until 2023. They represent the voices of Inchelium's residents on important issues like public safety, infrastructure investments, and economic development. Furthermore, local politicians have recently been advocating for increased access to broadband internet in order to support greater educational opportunities for students and improved job prospects throughout the region.
The political climate in Zip 99138 (Inchelium, WA) is moderately conservative.
Ferry County, WA is strongly conservative. In Ferry County, WA 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ferry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.0%.
Ferry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99138 (Inchelium, WA) is moderately conservative.
Inchelium, Washington is moderately conservative.
Ferry County, Washington is strongly 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.
Inchelium, 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 99138 (Inchelium)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $4,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $15,249 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $610 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)