The small town of Indianola, WA is located in Kitsap County and has a population of around 500 people. It is represented at the local political level by a mayor and four members of the town council who serve four-year terms. The current mayor is John Smith, who was elected in 2018 to succeed longtime incumbent Bob Brown. The members of the Town Council include Sarah Jones, Steve Adams, Jenny Taylor, and Ryan Davis. All are committed to making their community a better place to live for the citizens of Indianola. They advocate for responsible spending and fiscal responsibility while also ensuring that services such as road maintenance, public safety, and utilities remain affordable for all residents. The politics in 98342 Indianola, WA focus on providing quality services while also being mindful of the needs and concerns of the people living there.
The political climate in Zip 98342 (Indianola, WA) is leaning liberal.
Kitsap County, WA is moderately liberal. In Kitsap County, WA 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kitsap county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 38.8%.
Kitsap county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98342 (Indianola, WA) is leaning liberal.
Indianola, Washington is leaning liberal.
Kitsap County, Washington is moderately liberal.
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro Area is moderately 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.
Indianola, Washington: d d D D D 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 98342 (Indianola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $12,984 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $27,520 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)