The small town of 98640 Ocean Park, WA has a rich history of politics with many different candidates running for office. However, the population size of this small town prevents it from having a large impact on national politics. Local politics in the area mainly focuses on improving quality of life and creating better infrastructure. Many local politicians have proposed initiatives to spur economic development, combat poverty, and create more jobs for local residents. Additionally, environmental protection and preservation is a priority issue that often garners support among the citizens. Many passionate advocates and activists work together to ensure that Ocean Park remains an attractive place to live and work. All in all, 98640 Ocean Park is a vibrant community with an active political climate full of passionate individuals striving to make their hometown a better place for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 98640 (Ocean Park, WA) is leaning conservative.
Pacific County, WA is leaning conservative. In Pacific County, WA 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pacific county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.3%.
Pacific county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98640 (Ocean Park, WA) is leaning conservative.
Ocean Park, Washington is leaning conservative.
Pacific County, Washington is leaning 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.
Ocean Park, 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 98640 (Ocean Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 820 contributions totaling $32,807 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $13,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)