Kent, WA is a vibrant community located in the heart of King County. It has a strong culture of civic engagement and political participation that is evident through its various neighborhood associations, volunteer opportunities, and active citizens. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government which consists of seven council members who are each elected to serve staggered four year terms. The Mayor is elected at-large for two year terms. At the state level, Kent, WA is represented by three legislators in the Washington State Senate and four legislators in the Washington House of Representatives. All are committed to representing their constituents and working to improve the quality of life in Kent, WA. Local elections are held regularly and encourage citizens to participate in their government and take an active role in shaping their community's future.
The political climate in Kent, 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
Kent, 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.
Kent, 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 Kent, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,457 contributions totaling $1,688,532 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,087 contributions totaling $955,131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)