Friday Harbor, located in San Juan County, WA is the main hub for politics in the region. It is home to the county government seat and many of the region's elected officials. The city council is responsible for running local affairs and making sure that all citizens have their rights protected. The mayor serves as a facilitator between the council and the public, while also playing an important role in advocating for local needs. State and federal representatives are also present to ensure that local interests are heard at a higher level. As a result, there is a strong sense of community engagement in Friday Harbor when it comes to politics. Residents take part in regular town hall meetings, campaigns, and political events, making sure that their voices are heard on important issues.
The political climate in Friday Harbor, WA is moderately liberal.
San Juan County, WA is very liberal. In San Juan County, WA 73.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Juan county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.7% to 23.2%.
San Juan county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Friday Harbor, WA is moderately liberal.
San Juan County, Washington is very liberal.
Washington is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Friday Harbor, Washington: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Friday Harbor, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,695 contributions totaling $280,483 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 273 contributions totaling $88,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)