Vancouver, Washington is a vibrant community located in Clark County. It is the fourth-largest city in the state with a population of 173,644 people according to the 2019 census. Politically, local elections are held for Mayor and City Council members every four years. The current mayor of Vancouver is Anne McEnerny-Ogle who was elected in 2017 and is up for re-election in 2021. The City Council consists of seven members including President Bart Hansen who was appointed in 2018. The city takes pride in its active participation in local politics with many residents actively engaging in the electoral process to ensure that their voices are heard by their elected officials. Issues addressed by the Vancouver City Council include housing affordability, transportation infrastructure, public safety and sustainability initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 98661 (Vancouver, WA) is leaning liberal.
Clark County, WA is leaning liberal. In Clark County, WA 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained moderately Democratic, 51.0% to 45.9%.
Clark county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98661 (Vancouver, WA) is leaning liberal.
Vancouver, Washington is leaning liberal.
Clark County, Washington is leaning liberal.
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro Metro Area is strongly 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.
Vancouver, Washington: r r 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 98661 (Vancouver)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,446 contributions totaling $493,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 559 contributions totaling $275,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $492 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)