The small town of Orchards, WA is governed by a mayor and city council representing the local residents. There are five members on the council, all of which are elected by the people in the community. The mayor and council members strive to listen to feedback from their constituents, hold regular public meetings, and put forth policies that best serve the interests of the town. They also work hard to ensure that Orchards continues to be a safe and welcoming place for all its citizens. The current mayor and city council are dedicated to improving infrastructure, creating new parks and recreational areas, addressing social issues such as poverty or homelessness, and making sure that everyone in Orchards has access to necessary resources. Politics in Orchards is still an active topic of discussion among its residents, with candidates regularly running for office to make sure their voices are heard in town government.
The political climate in Orchards, 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
Orchards, WA 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.
Orchards, 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 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 Orchards, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,042 contributions totaling $357,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,572 contributions totaling $403,049 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)