White Salmon, WA (98672) is a small city located in Skamania County with a population of approximately 2,204. The city is part of the 14th Legislative District and is represented by Republican State Senator Brian Dansel. At the local level, the mayor of White Salmon is Brad Roberts. He has been in office since 2017 and works hard to ensure that the city runs in an efficient manner while upholding its values and traditions. In addition to the mayor, there are three council members elected at large who make important decisions about city policies and development projects. Local elections are held every two years in November and citizens are encouraged to get involved and have their voices heard by casting a ballot. White Salmon has a strong sense of community and residents take pride in working together to promote positive change for their town.
The political climate in Zip 98672 (White Salmon, WA) is somewhat conservative.
Klickitat County, WA is somewhat conservative. In Klickitat County, WA 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Klickitat county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 43.9%.
Klickitat county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98672 (White Salmon, WA) is somewhat conservative.
White Salmon, Washington is somewhat conservative.
Klickitat County, Washington is somewhat conservative.
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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.
White Salmon, Washington: R R d r R r
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 98672 (White Salmon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,083 contributions totaling $250,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $59,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)