The city of Ocean Shores, Washington is an idyllic beachfront destination located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. It is home to a vibrant community of residents and visitors who enjoy its natural beauty and wide range of amenities. Despite being a relatively small city with a population of just over 6,000 people, it has a rich political landscape. Elections are held every two years and typically feature strong local candidates from both major parties. Issues in the region include environmental protection, development, infrastructure, taxation, education, tourism, and more. Voter turnout remains high for local elections in 98569 Ocean Shores as citizens take active roles in their civic responsibility to select their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 98569 (Ocean Shores, WA) is leaning 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 98569 (Ocean Shores, WA) is leaning conservative.
Ocean Shores, Washington is leaning 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.
Ocean Shores, 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 98569 (Ocean Shores)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 689 contributions totaling $40,617 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $6,367 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)