Shaw Island, WA 98286 is a small island community in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. Situated in the Salish Sea, the island has a population of about 250 year-round residents. The local politics of Shaw Island are primarily focused on issues that affect the local community鈥檚 long-term sustainability and quality of life. Topics such as zoning regulations, water rights, public access to beaches and parks, and housing regulations are all heavily discussed topics among local candidates and elected officials. Decisions regarding these topics can have a lasting effect on the island鈥檚 environment and economy. Overall, local politics on Shaw Island are centered around ensuring its future prosperity for generations to come.
The political climate in Zip 98286 (Shaw Island, WA) is moderately liberal.
San Juan County, WA is very liberal. In San Juan County, WA 73.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Juan county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.7% to 23.2%.
San Juan county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98286 (Shaw Island, WA) is moderately liberal.
Shaw Island, Washington is moderately liberal.
San Juan County, Washington is very liberal.
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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.
Shaw Island, 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 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 98286 (Shaw Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $5,573 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)