Quilcene, WA is a small community located in the northern region of the Olympic Peninsula. With a population of around 1,000 people, local politics are important to the town鈥檚 citizens. Quilcene has an active and engaged citizenry who take part in city council meetings and other local events. The City Council consists of five members elected by residents to represent their interests on issues facing Quilcene. Local political candidates for office often canvass door-to-door in order to learn about their constituents and gain support for their campaign. In recent years, several initiatives led by city government have been successful in improving infrastructure as well as local environmental efforts. In addition, there have been positive steps towards addressing mental health concerns among citizens of Quilcene as well as promoting sustainable development and economic growth within the town. Residents of Quilcene are passionate about their politics and take pride in the progress that has been made in the last few years.
The political climate in Quilcene, WA is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, WA is very liberal. In Jefferson County, WA 69.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.4% to 28.0%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Quilcene, WA is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, Washington is very 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.
Quilcene, Washington: D D 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 Quilcene, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $13,116 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)