Alger, Washington is a small rural town located in Skagit County. It's most notable feature is the stunning natural beauty of its surroundings blended with the small-town charm out of a bygone era. Politically, the town of Alger has always been strongly rooted in conservative values and is represented by Republican legislators at both the state and federal levels. The current mayor for Alger is Gary A. Fralick, who was elected to his third term in 2021. Residents of Alger are passionate about their representation and take great pride in having representation that aligns with their values. In general, local elections tend to focus on issues related to public safety, fiscal responsibility, and community development. As such, Election Day can be quite an exciting time for locals as they flock to the polls to cast their votes for those candidates who will best serve their hometown.
The political climate in Alger, WA is leaning conservative.
Skagit County, WA is leaning liberal. In Skagit County, WA 52.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Skagit county remained moderately Democratic, 52.1% to 44.6%.
Skagit county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alger, WA is leaning conservative.
Skagit County, Washington is leaning liberal.
Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metro Area is leaning 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.
Alger, Washington: r r 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 Alger, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,049 contributions totaling $530,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 856 contributions totaling $113,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)