Orient, Washington is a small rural town located in the far northwestern corner of the state. It is home to just over 1,000 people who live mostly in farming and ranching communities. While it may be small, Orient has its own local government that is responsible for providing essential services and managing issues related to running a community. The local politics in Orient are largely focused on fostering economic development, improving public safety and infrastructure, and protecting the environment. In recent years there have been a number of initiatives taken by the city council to attract more business and investment into the area. Another important issue that the city council has been working on is balancing progress with respecting nature and preserving open spaces. The election of local political candidates in Orient every four years gives citizens an opportunity to choose who will be leading their community through these efforts.
The political climate in Zip 99160 (Orient, WA) is strongly conservative.
Ferry County, WA is strongly conservative. In Ferry County, WA 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ferry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.0%.
Ferry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 99160 (Orient, WA) is strongly conservative.
Orient, Washington is strongly conservative.
Ferry County, Washington is strongly 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.
Orient, 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 99160 (Orient)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)