Cosmopolis, WA is a small town in Washington State. It is governed by a mayor and city council, with the mayor acting as the head of government for the community. The city council is responsible for creating laws and ordinances that help keep Cosmopolis running smoothly, and they also handle important zoning decisions and other local issues. The mayor leads the city council meetings, which are held on a regular basis to discuss new laws and regulations. Elections are held every four years for both the mayor鈥檚 seat and all members of the city council. During these elections, residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions about who should represent them on their local government board. All political candidates must submit to background checks and comply with state regulations in order to run for office. Residents of Cosmopolis also take part in county-level politics, such as voting on initiatives that affect their community.
The political climate in Cosmopolis, WA is leaning conservative.
Grays Harbor County, WA is leaning conservative. In Grays Harbor County, WA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grays Harbor county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 45.1%.
Grays Harbor county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cosmopolis, WA is leaning conservative.
Grays Harbor County, Washington is leaning conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Cosmopolis, Washington: d d D D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Cosmopolis, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,116 contributions totaling $68,739 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $50,109 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)