Packwood, WA is a small town located in Lewis County with a population of around 500 people. It has its own local politics, with an elected mayor and several council members. Every four years the citizens of Packwood vote for individuals to represent them in local elections. These electeds are responsible for making decisions on how the town is run and what issues are important to Packwood’s residents. Issues like public safety, infrastructure development, and economic growth often come up during these election cycles. The current mayor of Packwood is Bruce Ballou who was elected in 2017. Other local politicians include council members Scott Smith, Edith Velasquez, Marissa Springer, and David Thomas. All these individuals work together to ensure that Packwood remains a safe place to live and work as well as an attractive location for businesses to set up shop and create jobs for locals.
The political climate in Zip 98361 (Packwood, WA) is strongly conservative.
Lewis County, WA is very conservative. In Lewis County, WA 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 32.0%.
Lewis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98361 (Packwood, WA) is strongly conservative.
Packwood, Washington is strongly conservative.
Lewis County, Washington is very conservative.
Centralia Metro Area is very 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.
Packwood, 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 98361 (Packwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $1,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $14,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)