Politics in Machias, WA are an important part of the community. The town holds regular elections to elect mayors, city council members, and other local officials who are responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of its citizens. In addition to these elections, Machias residents also have the opportunity to participate in discussions about relevant issues and cast their vote at polling places during primary and general elections. Residents take pride in being involved in their city's politics and making informed choices when it comes to electing representatives who will best serve the needs of their community.
The political climate in Machias, 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
Machias, 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.
Machias, 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 Machias, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,787 contributions totaling $303,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 743 contributions totaling $146,099 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)