The city of Renton, WA (98055) is located in King County and has a population of approximately 100,000 people. The city is led by Mayor Armondo Guzman who was elected in 2018. The City Council is composed of seven members who are also elected by popular vote. The Renton City Council focuses on improving the quality of life for all citizens by investing in parks and recreation centers, promoting economic development, and providing public safety. In addition, the City Council works to maintain fiscal responsibility while delivering responsive services to residents. Along with Mayor Guzman, other local political candidates include Pamela Bogan for Position 1, Ed Prince for Position 2, Tye Menser for Position 3 and Rob Strader for Position 4. All these candidates have unique visions for the future of the city and strive to ensure that everyone in Renton can enjoy a safe and prosperous community.
The political climate in Zip 98055 (Renton, WA) is strongly 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
Zip 98055 (Renton, WA) is strongly liberal.
Renton, Washington is strongly 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.
Renton, 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 zip 98055 (Renton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,407 contributions totaling $92,199 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 136 contributions totaling $21,378 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)