Snohomish County in Washington is an area of diverse politics with a mix of Republicans, Democrats, and independent voters. The county has seen many candidates come and go in recent years, some running for state offices like the governor or senate seats, while others are running for local positions within the county. In 2020, four individuals from Snohomish County sought elective office: two ran for State Representative and two ran for County Commissioner. The election results brought mixed results; however, all candidates had strong grassroots support across the county. The campaigns focused on issues important to Snohomish residents such as taxes, public safety, sustainability, economic development, education, and much more. Local politicians continue to work hard to ensure that Snohomish continues to remain a vibrant part of Washington State with its unique culture and character intact.
The political climate in 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
Snohomish County, WA 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.
Snohomish, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Snohomish County, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55,335 contributions totaling $4,426,016 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,009 contributions totaling $2,774,783 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)