The city of Lake Stevens, WA is a vibrant and growing community located in Snohomish County. With its close proximity to Seattle, it’s no surprise that the political climate here is as lively and engaged as ever. Local politics are largely driven by grassroots campaigns and volunteer efforts, and the citizens of Lake Stevens take an active role in deciding who will represent their interests. From local state representative races to county commissioner seats, residents of Lake Stevens have a variety of opportunities to get involved in the political process. The city also has a thriving Chamber of Commerce which advocates for business owners both locally and statewide. Through their influence, they work to ensure that economic development continues to be a priority in the city. Overall, the politics in Lake Stevens offer locals many opportunities to engage with their representatives and make sure that their voices are heard on all levels of government.
The political climate in Lake Stevens, WA is leaning 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
Lake Stevens, WA is leaning 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.
Lake Stevens, 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 Lake Stevens, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,665 contributions totaling $251,568 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 744 contributions totaling $111,906 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)