The politics in 98350 La Push, WA are largely shaped by its small population of 595 people as of the 2019 census. La Push is part of the Quileute Tribe, an Native American tribal nation that has been based out of La Push since before the arrival of Europeans. The Nation is led by a General Council, made up of elected representatives from the seven clans that make up the Quileute Tribe. Tribal members elect their executive officers every two years to serve a four-year term and have the authority to pass laws and regulations governing tribal affairs. Tribal members also vote on local measures affecting their community, such as land use restrictions and development projects. Additionally, La Push is part of Clallam County in Washington State, which means state and county elections are held annually for various offices such as county commissioners and school board members. All residents in La Push have a voice in these decisions and can participate in the democratic process.
The political climate in Zip 98350 (La Push, WA) is leaning conservative.
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 98350 (La Push, WA) is leaning conservative.
La Push, Washington is leaning conservative.
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.
La Push, 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 98350 (La Push)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $13,910 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,987 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)