Lake Ketchum, WA is a small town located in the Pacific Northwest. The population of Lake Ketchum is roughly 1,500 and it is an extremely tight-knit community. The politics of Lake Ketchum are very important to the residents as they are passionate about their local government and its impact on their day-to-day lives. People here take pride in their ability to have a voice in the decisions that shape their city. Elections for local political candidates often draw high turnout numbers as citizens take it upon themselves to ensure that their favorite candidate is elected. Every election cycle, the local political environment changes and new candidates emerge with bold ideas for improving the quality of life in Lake Ketchum. Whomever wins will be tasked with representing the interests of all citizens in the upcoming term.
The political climate in Lake Ketchum, WA is leaning 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
Lake Ketchum, WA is leaning 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.
Lake Ketchum, 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 Lake Ketchum, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,774 contributions totaling $148,131 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 432 contributions totaling $61,281 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)