Arlington, WA is a small city located in the northern part of Washington State. It has a rich political history and is currently home to several prominent political figures. The City Council consists of five elected officials who are responsible for enacting local laws and ordinances that shape the city's future. Local elections are held every two years, with the last election taking place in 2019. Arlington’s current mayor is Deborah Nelson, who was elected in 2017 and is up for reelection in 2021. Other important leaders include Councilmember Naushon Moore, Councilmember Jeff Sexton, and Councilmember Russ Stephenson. These individuals work together to create policies and implement plans that benefit the citizens of Arlington. They also work closely with community organizations and businesses to ensure that all voices are heard on local issues.
The political climate in Arlington, 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
Arlington, 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.
Arlington, 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 Arlington, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,024 contributions totaling $356,084 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 792 contributions totaling $390,536 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $493 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)