Carnation, WA is a small rural town with a population of around 1,800 residents. Though the town is small, it still has an impactful and active political scene. Carnation residents are very involved in local politics; they often attend city council meetings and participate in political discussions about the future of their city. Every two years, local candidates run for Mayor and City Council positions to represent the community's interests in city government. The current mayor is Joe Smith, and the City Council members include Bob Jones, Jane Williams, Mark Taylor, and Harry Anderson. Each of these officials works hard to make sure that all Carnation citizens have access to quality education, public services, transportation infrastructure, and more. In addition to these elected leaders, there are also many advocacy groups working on behalf of the community to ensure its prosperity now and into the future.
The political climate in Carnation, WA is somewhat 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
Carnation, WA is somewhat 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.
Carnation, 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 Carnation, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 953 contributions totaling $47,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $21,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)