Oroville, WA is a small city located in Okanogan County. The city has an estimated population of 2,500 and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. Though the city may be small, its politics are still active and influential. Local political candidates in Oroville include the current mayor, who has been in office since 2015, as well as several members of the council. During election cycles, many local residents become involved with their local campaigns by attending rallies and making contributions to help get their preferred candidate elected. In addition to local politics, Oroville citizens also keep up-to-date with state and federal elections as they take an interest in all levels of politics.
The political climate in Zip 98844 (Oroville, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Okanogan County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Okanogan County, WA 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okanogan county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 41.8%.
Okanogan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98844 (Oroville, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Oroville, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Okanogan County, Washington is somewhat 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.
Oroville, 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 98844 (Oroville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 179 contributions totaling $11,044 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $9,527 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)