Vancouver, WA 98663 is a city in the state of Washington and is located within Clark County. It is part of the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area. Politically, Vancouver is fairly progressive and leans Democratic. In 2000, 66% of voters chose John Kerry for president. Local political candidates vary from election to election but generally there are a few Democratic candidates for mayor and council seats as well as Republican and Independent candidates. Most local elections are nonpartisan, with no party affiliation listed on the ballot. Generally, the more populous areas of Vancouver tend to favor Democrats while more rural areas may be more likely to support Republican candidates. Overall, though, political views in Vancouver are very diverse with many residents participating in some form of civic engagement throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 98663 (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 98663 (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 98663 (Vancouver)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 905 contributions totaling $96,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $14,011 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)