Bellevue, WA is a city known for its vibrant and diverse political landscape. As the 8th largest city in the state of Washington, Bellevue has several local leaders that are dedicated to keeping the community engaged and informed about current events. A variety of political organizations such as the Bellevue Democrats and Republicans are active in promoting their respective platforms. Additionally, Bellevue City Council members work hard to ensure that all citizens have an opportunity to express their opinion on local issues. The Mayor of Bellevue works closely with each council member to create policies that best serve the entire community. Through town hall meetings, media outlets, and public forums, issues can be discussed in a meaningful way as citizens become more aware of how politics affects their daily lives.
The political climate in Bellevue, WA is strongly liberal.
King County, WA is very liberal. In King County, WA 75.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, King county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.0% to 22.2%.
King county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bellevue, WA is strongly liberal.
King County, Washington is very 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.
Bellevue, 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 Bellevue, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52,862 contributions totaling $11,466,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,764 contributions totaling $5,279,548 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $680 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)