Mercer Island, WA is a vibrant and politically active community. Located in King County, the city is governed by a mayor-council form of government with seven members of the City Council seated by the residents. The current mayor is Bruce Bassett and the current council members are Debbie Bertlin, Dan Grausz, Mike Cero, Dan Grausz, Eljah Olson, and Steve Litzow. Each year in November, the citizens of Mercer Island cast their votes for local candidates running for office within city government. During election season the political environment on Mercer Island is especially lively as candidates engage with residents to discuss issues of importance to them such as youth programs and public safety. As a result of these discussions and debates among political hopefuls, many citizens take advantage of their right to vote and have their voices heard in the elections process.
The political climate in Mercer Island, WA is moderately liberal.
King County, WA is very liberal. In King County, WA 75.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, King county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.0% to 22.2%.
King county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mercer Island, WA is moderately liberal.
King County, Washington is very 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.
Mercer Island, 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 Mercer Island, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,788 contributions totaling $2,948,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,525 contributions totaling $1,120,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $735 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)