Odessa, Washington is a small rural town located in Lincoln County. It is known for its small-town charm and sense of community that it brings to its citizens. In terms of politics, Odessa is governed locally by three commissioners who are elected by the people of Odessa to serve four year terms. The current commissioners are: Joe Kelly, Stan Kresser, and Sheri Taylor. The current mayor of Odessa is Rebecca Cook who was elected in 2014. At the state level, 99159 Odessa is part of the 7th Legislative District which is represented by Mary Dye (Republican) and Joe Schmick (Republican). On a national level, 99159 Odessa is part of the 5th Congressional District which is currently represented by Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican). The citizens of 99159 Odessa have access to their government representatives and are encouraged to be active participants in their local political process.
The political climate in Zip 99159 (Odessa, WA) is very conservative.
Lincoln County, WA is very conservative. In Lincoln County, WA 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.2% to 24.4%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99159 (Odessa, WA) is very conservative.
Odessa, Washington is very conservative.
Lincoln County, Washington is very 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.
Odessa, Washington: R R R R 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 99159 (Odessa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $7,955 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)