The politics of Ocean Park, WA are a reflection of the local population's values and beliefs. The city is governed by an elected mayor and four city council members, all of whom take their responsibility to represent the citizens seriously. Residents can participate in the local political process by attending public meetings, joining political action groups, or voting for candidates who share their ideals. Community engagement in local politics helps ensure that elected officials remain accountable to the people they serve. As a result, Ocean Park has seen positive developments in recent years, such as increased spending on public services and infrastructure projects that benefit residents.
The political climate in Ocean Park, WA is leaning conservative.
Pacific County, WA is leaning conservative. In Pacific County, WA 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pacific county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.3%.
Pacific county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ocean Park, WA is leaning conservative.
Pacific County, Washington 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.
Ocean Park, 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 Ocean Park, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 820 contributions totaling $32,807 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $13,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)