The Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area is an area with strong political roots. With a diverse array of local government officials, from mayors to county commissioners, this region has a variety of political voices working together to ensure the area remains a vibrant place to live and work. The politics in Mount Vernon-Anacortes are driven by the interests of the community and its people, so citizens have plenty of opportunities to get involved. With multiple elections taking place throughout each year, citizens can stay up-to-date on local issues and help shape their own community’s future. Whether engaging in grassroots campaigns or attending town hall meetings, there are numerous ways for individuals to participate in the political process in this area.
The political climate in Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metro Area 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, the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area remained moderately Democratic, 52.1% to 44.6%.
The Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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-Anacortes, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,758 contributions totaling $783,476 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,971 contributions totaling $596,963 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)