The city of Poulsbo, WA is located in Kitsap County and is home to a diverse population. It is an area that has been in existence for over 100 years and the main industries are retail, healthcare, education, and finance. The local government of Poulsbo is headed by a mayor and city council members who are elected every four years during the county’s general election cycle. Residents of Poulsbo have the chance to participate in elections on both local and state levels, as well as national elections. The current mayor of Poulsbo is Becky Erickson and she is supported by a council made up of five members: Melissa Berman-Lausier, Adam Brockus, Jeff Bauman, Debbie Whitely, and Matthew Tirman. Each of these council members plays an important role in keeping the community safe and making sure that the needs of all residents are met equally.
The political climate in Zip 98370 (Poulsbo, WA) is somewhat 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 98370 (Poulsbo, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Poulsbo, Washington is somewhat 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.
Poulsbo, 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 98370 (Poulsbo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,142 contributions totaling $189,571 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 530 contributions totaling $68,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)