These communities were actually some of the most consistently Democratic counties in the nation until 2016, and are pretty evenly split. Currently, Marie Perez is carrying Pacific County by 5 points and Derek Kilmer is winning Grays Harbor by 3. But you can certainly attribute the conservative sentiment in these areas to the general distrust of government that is typical of most rural enclaves.
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Reply to How conservative is coastal southwest Washington compared to Eastern Washington? by PinkSwallowLove
These communities were actually some of the most consistently Democratic counties in the nation until 2016, and are pretty evenly split. Currently, Marie Perez is carrying Pacific County by 5 points and Derek Kilmer is winning Grays Harbor by 3. But you can certainly attribute the conservative sentiment in these areas to the general distrust of government that is typical of most rural enclaves.