The city of SeaTac, WA is located in the Puget Sound region and is a vibrant and culturally diverse community. It is home to an estimated 27,000 residents who are active in local politics and regularly vote on issues that affect their lives. Local political candidates that represent SeaTac’s population range from those running for City Council seats to positions at the State level. These individuals come from a variety of backgrounds and bring unique perspectives to the table when it comes to representing the interests of the citizens of SeaTac. The city council is tasked with making decisions about budgets, infrastructure development, public safety, parks and recreation programs, housing assistance, zoning regulations and more. Through their insightful debates and conversations, these elected officials strive to ensure that all constituents have a voice in how their city is run.
The political climate in SeaTac, 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
SeaTac, 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.
SeaTac, 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 SeaTac, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,406 contributions totaling $1,178,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,500 contributions totaling $507,656 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $338 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)