Port Angeles, WA 98363 is a small city located in Washington State, on the Olympic Peninsula. As a small city, it has a relatively small political landscape compared to many larger cities. The City of Port Angeles operates under a Mayor-Council form of government and is led by Mayor Sissi Bruch, who was elected in 2019. The Port Angeles City Council is made up of seven members representing each district of the city. Local politics in Port Angeles are largely focused on improving the community and providing services that benefit all citizens, such as public transportation, road improvement projects, public safety initiatives, and affordable housing. In addition to these local issues, there are many state level issues that are important to voters in Port Angeles from both major parties.
The political climate in Zip 98363 (Port Angeles, WA) is leaning conservative.
Clallam County, WA is leaning liberal. In Clallam County, WA 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clallam county flipped Democratic, 50.2% to 46.8%.
Clallam county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98363 (Port Angeles, WA) is leaning conservative.
Port Angeles, Washington is leaning conservative.
Clallam County, Washington is leaning liberal.
Port Angeles Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Port Angeles, Washington: r r d d r d
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 98363 (Port Angeles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 902 contributions totaling $76,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $31,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)