The politics of 98675 Yacolt, WA are quite diverse. The town is located in Clark County and is represented by representatives from both major political parties at the state level. Locally, the town has a mayor and three city council members who provide local governance. These officials are chosen through regular elections that allow residents to voice their opinions and elect the individuals they feel best represent them. Additionally, since 98675 Yacolt, WA is such a small town, residents often hold informal gatherings or meetings to discuss important issues facing their community. These meetings allow citizens to learn more about their community and its politics and to work together towards common goals.
The political climate in Zip 98675 (Yacolt, WA) is leaning conservative.
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 98675 (Yacolt, WA) is leaning conservative.
Yacolt, Washington is leaning conservative.
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.
Yacolt, 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 98675 (Yacolt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 248 contributions totaling $20,559 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $7,458 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)