The city of Vancouver, WA 98683 is part of Clark County and is represented in local politics by three county commissioners. As a part of the state of Washington, the city is also represented in Olympia by two senators, three representatives, and one governor. In addition to this representation at the state level, Vancouver also elects its own mayor and seven council members to serve on the City Council. This council works together with the mayor to create laws and policies for the city and ensure that resources are allocated fairly to benefit all citizens. The current mayor of Vancouver is Anne McEnerny-Ogle who was elected in 2018 after a successful campaign against her opponent. The City Council has worked to reduce crime rates, create sustainable job opportunities, improve infrastructure, increase access to affordable housing options, and protect the environment. With its strong political leadership, Vancouver continues to be a great place for residents to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 98683 (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 98683 (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 98683 (Vancouver)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,314 contributions totaling $181,758 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 645 contributions totaling $209,298 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)