McCleary, WA is a small town located in the state of Washington. The town has been governed by a mayor and city council members since its incorporation in 1909. The current mayor of McCleary, WA is Steven Smith and the city council consists of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. In recent years, the town has seen a rise in local political activism with several citizens running for office and forming local political organizations. Issues that have been brought up in recent debates include sustainability initiatives, economic development projects, tourism promotion, and community enrichment programs. Through these public discussions, McCleary residents can make their voices heard on important issues affecting the town.
The political climate in Zip 98557 (McCleary, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Grays Harbor County, WA is leaning conservative. In Grays Harbor County, WA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grays Harbor county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 45.1%.
Grays Harbor county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98557 (McCleary, WA) is somewhat conservative.
McCleary, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Grays Harbor County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
McCleary, Washington: d d D D 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 98557 (McCleary)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,116 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)