Lynnwood, WA is a city in Snohomish County governed by a mayor-council government with seven council members. The current mayor of Lynnwood is Nicola Smith, who was elected to office in 2019. She is joined on the council by six other members who are elected to represent their respective districts. On the national level, Lynnwood is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives from the 1st district by Susan DelBene and from the 7th district by Pramila Jayapal. On the state level, Lynnwood is represented by Senator Guy Palumbo and Representative Jared Mead in the Washington State Legislature. Locally, community engagement is highly encouraged, as citizens are invited to attend City Council meetings to voice their opinions and ask questions about local policies and projects. Through such engagement, residents are able to make sure that their voices are heard and that their needs are being addressed by their representatives.
The political climate in Lynnwood, WA is moderately 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
Lynnwood, WA is moderately 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.
Lynnwood, 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 Lynnwood, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,317 contributions totaling $836,537 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,093 contributions totaling $194,499 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)