“Look at the elected official from CA, OR, and WA. The west is not even close to libertarian conservative - it is blatantly liberal.”
That is not the west. That is the west coast. By the west, what’s usually inferred is the mountain west:
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Think the WAC; not the wackos.
I don't know who taught you US geography, but the West (notice the capital "W") includes both the West Coast states and the Mountain West. Most also include Alaska and Hawaii in "the West." You left out Montana, BTW, in your list of Mountain West states.