The 98105 Seattle, WA area is a vibrant and diverse community, with many different political beliefs. The area is represented by multiple levels of government, including the US Congress, Washington State Legislature, King County Council, and Seattle City Council. Local politicians in this district are focused on issues such as housing affordability, transportation, economic development, public safety initiatives and environmental conservation. In particular, they are dedicated to creating equitable opportunities for all citizens regardless of race, gender or age. Additionally, they strive to ensure that the needs of small businesses are met while protecting the interests of taxpayers. They also bring attention to issues of local importance by advocating for increased resources for public schools and support for the arts. All in all, local politics in 98105 Seattle, WA is vibrant and engaging.
The political climate in Zip 98105 (Seattle, 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 98105 (Seattle, WA) is strongly liberal.
Seattle, 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.
Seattle, 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 98105 (Seattle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,365 contributions totaling $2,871,957 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,001 contributions totaling $627,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $626 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)