Snohomish, WA is a small city located in Snohomish County, Washington. It is known for its historic downtown area and scenic views of the Cascade Mountains. In terms of politics, Snohomish has an elected mayor and city council, which provides local government services to the community. The current mayor is Mayor John Kartak and the City Council consists of seven members elected from specific districts around the city. Elections are held every four years. Local political candidates who have run or been elected to office include State Representative Mike Sells and County Commissioner Dave Somers, both of whom are Democrats. There is also a nonpartisan political action committee called People for Snohomish that focuses on improving quality of life in the county through increased civic engagement and programming initiatives.
The political climate in Snohomish, WA is somewhat liberal.
Snohomish County, WA is moderately liberal. In Snohomish County, WA 58.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Snohomish county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.5% to 37.9%.
Snohomish county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Snohomish, WA is somewhat liberal.
Snohomish County, Washington is moderately liberal.
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metro Area 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.
Snohomish, 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 Snohomish, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,232 contributions totaling $219,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 495 contributions totaling $108,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)