Auburn, Washington is a city with an engaged political atmosphere. Residents of Auburn are passionate about their local politics and take active roles in developing the community. Local elections for city council members, mayor, and other offices are hotly contested and draw large numbers of voters. City Council meetings are attended by many citizens who wish to voice their opinions on a variety of issues. The city is represented at the state level by several representatives from both major parties who work hard to represent the best interests of Auburn's residents.
The political climate in Auburn, WA is moderately 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
Auburn, WA is moderately 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.
Auburn, 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 Auburn, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24,639 contributions totaling $3,081,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,843 contributions totaling $906,363 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)