Copalis Beach leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Copalis Beach typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Copalis Beach, ~27% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Copalis Beach compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Copalis Beach leans more Republican than 11 of 30 neighbors.
Copalis Beach runs about 34 points more Republican than Washington as a whole. Washington leans Democratic overall, while Copalis Beach is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Copalis Beach leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Copalis Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Copalis Beach live in densely developed areas, about 38 points below the Washington average of 41%. Copalis Beach runs against the grain of Washington, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Copalis Beach, WA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Copalis Beach looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Copalis Beach own their home, about 21 points above the Washington average of 73%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Newton, WA R+17
- Pacific Beach, WA R+10
- Copalis Crossing, WA R+25
- Moclips, WA D+41
- Ocean Shores, WA D+11
- Oyhut, WA R+31
- New London, WA R+30
- Humptulips, WA R+26
Cities with Similar Populations
- Airlie, VA R+20
- Buffington, PA R+28
- Barnesville, NC R+29
- Locke Mills, ME R+25
- Summit, SD R+40
- Thackery, OH R+57
- Kessler, WV R+62
- Forest, AL R+52
- Arnot, PA R+53
- Batchelor, LA R+26
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Washington Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.