Cle Elum, WA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+5.9 |
| 2012 | R+6.7 |
| 2016 | R+22.2 |
| 2020 | R+22.2 |
| 2024 | R+27.6 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,905 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+27.6 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $63,973 |
| County | Kittitas County |
| State | WA |
Place narrative
Cle Elum's economy shifted from coal and timber toward outdoor recreation as Interstate 90 traffic brought new visitors, leaving a small electorate that has leaned Republican in recent cycles while neighboring resort growth adds demographic pressure.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −27.6% | 409 | 735 | 37 | 1,181 |
| 2020 | R | −22.2% | 468 | 745 | 33 | 1,246 |
| 2016 | R | −22.2% | 304 | 501 | 83 | 888 |
| 2012 | R | −6.7% | 413 | 474 | 28 | 915 |
| 2008 | R | −5.9% | 399 | 451 | 33 | 883 |
| 2004† | R | −13.5% | 328 | 435 | 29 | 792 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 80.3% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5.6% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $63,973 |
| Poverty rate | 9.8% |
| Median age | 48 |
| Age 18–29 | 15.4% |
| Age 65 and older | 23.4% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 18.9% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 4.7% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Kittitas County county page and the WA state page.