Mountlake Terrace, located in Snohomish County in Washington, is a culturally diverse city of approximately 22,000 people. The city is governed by a seven-member Mayor-Council system, and the current mayor is Kyoko Matsumoto Wright. The City Council consists of four other members: Bryan Wahl, Doug McCardle, John Zambrano and Jennifer Gregerson. The City Council meets twice a month to discuss local government issues and to debate the best solutions for their community. Each Council member has their own area of expertise, such as public safety or economic development.
The City Council works with various organizations to ensure that residents are receiving all the services they need and that the quality of life in Mountlake Terrace remains high. In recent years, there have been various initiatives to improve infrastructure and create new job opportunities for locals. Additionally, Mountlake Terrace has made great efforts to increase access to transportation options for its citizens.
Currently, the local political landscape is focused on creating a more environmentally conscious city while encouraging sustainable development projects that bring jobs and affordable housing options into the area. With its strong commitment to providing outstanding services for its constituents and aiming towards an ever brighter future, Mountlake Terrace continues to be a great place for those who call it home.
The political climate in Mountlake Terrace, WA is somewhat 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
Mountlake Terrace, WA is somewhat 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.
Mountlake Terrace, 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 Mountlake Terrace, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,993 contributions totaling $300,128 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 373 contributions totaling $60,157 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)