Mount Vernon, WA is a small city located in the great state of Washington. Although Mount Vernon is small in size, it has a vibrant political scene that affects the community members on a daily basis. The Mount Vernon City Council meets regularly to discuss policies and procedures that will benefit the citizens of the city. On the local level, there are several politicians from Mount Vernon who are currently running for office or have held office in the past, such as Mayor Jill Boudreau and Councilmembers Pauline Frost and Cary Bozeman. These elected officials work hard to ensure that all voices are heard, and strive to make sure that their constituents’ needs are met. Local voters get involved by attending town hall meetings and casting their votes during elections. All these efforts combined make for an atmosphere of active political engagement in Mount Vernon.
The political climate in Mount Vernon, WA is leaning liberal.
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
Mount Vernon, WA is leaning liberal.
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.
Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,289 contributions totaling $249,869 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 635 contributions totaling $185,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)