Kingston, WA (98346) is a small town located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State. While it may be small, it has a vibrant and engaged political scene. Local elections in Kingston often feature a range of candidates from different backgrounds and ideologies who are passionate about their community and committed to working for the betterment of the people who reside there. Recently, Kingston City Councilmember David Bischoff was elected to his third term, demonstrating the trust residents have in him and his leadership. Though much of the politics in Kingston are local issues, national developments do have an effect on how people feel about certain policies or candidates. The recent presidential election, for example, saw a majority of voters in Kingston favoring the Democratic nominee. Regardless of political persuasion or party affiliation, residents of 98346 Kingston can be assured that their voice will be heard during local elections and that they will have many opportunities to get involved with influencing politics at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 98346 (Kingston, 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 98346 (Kingston, WA) is leaning liberal.
Kingston, 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.
Kingston, 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 98346 (Kingston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,833 contributions totaling $285,033 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $36,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)