Sequim may be Bush country - but the State of Washington is as socialist/liberal/antiWTO/antiRetaliation for 911 as you can get - particularly the Puget Sound area.
One other draw back to Sequim, WA - your 2.5 hours and a ferry ride away from Seattle and any of the "big city" necessities like first class medical care and Nordstroms (if thats your thing). Other than that its very pretty and its in a rain-shadow banna-belt kind of location.
If you like to freeze all year long. Headline in a local paper: