The politics of 98367 Port Orchard, WA reflect the community values and are an important part of civic engagement. The City Council is composed of five members elected at-large to serve four-year terms. The Mayor is also elected at-large and serves a four year term. Elections for all municipal offices are nonpartisan, so candidates do not run on a specific political party line. Residents of 98367 can get involved in the political process by attending city council meetings, voting in elections, or running for office. Additionally, residents can stay informed about issues impacting their community through local media outlets or following their local representatives on social media. Through these channels, citizens can learn more about the current issues and express their opinion as they become engaged in the politics of 98367 Port Orchard, WA.
The political climate in Zip 98367 (Port Orchard, WA) is leaning liberal.
Kitsap County, WA is moderately liberal. In Kitsap County, WA 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kitsap county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 38.8%.
Kitsap county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98367 (Port Orchard, WA) is leaning liberal.
Port Orchard, Washington is leaning liberal.
Kitsap County, Washington is moderately liberal.
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro Area is moderately 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 Orchard, Washington: d d D D D 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 98367 (Port Orchard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,520 contributions totaling $75,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 303 contributions totaling $34,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)