The politics of Lake McMurray, WA, are highly focused on local issues and the people who live in the community. Local leaders strive to ensure that everyone has a voice in decision-making and that their opinions are heard. The city council is responsible for creating and approving local laws, setting tax rates, and managing public services such as police, fire, libraries, parks, and schools. Every two years the citizens of Lake McMurray come together to elect their representative officials in the local government. These representatives focus on responding to community needs with an approach aimed at improving quality of life for all citizens by advocating for better transportation infrastructure, job growth, public safety initiatives, economic development opportunities, and educational resources. Participation from both citizens and elected officials is key to creating a thriving Lake McMurray.
The political climate in Lake McMurray, WA is leaning conservative.
Skagit County, WA is leaning liberal. In Skagit County, WA 52.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Skagit county remained moderately Democratic, 52.1% to 44.6%.
Skagit county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake McMurray, WA is leaning conservative.
Skagit County, Washington is leaning liberal.
Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metro Area is leaning 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 McMurray, Washington: r r 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 McMurray, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,072 contributions totaling $60,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $33,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)