The politics in 98223 Arlington, WA are incredibly diverse and represent a wide range of opinions. The city is actively engaged in local politics, with several candidates running for City Council and other offices in the area. Issues like development, infrastructure, public safety, and taxation are all discussed regularly by the elected officials. Arlington is home to a number of influential activist groups that strive to be heard on important local issues such as housing affordability, environmental protection, and public transportation. Recent debates have included proposed changes to the city’s zoning laws and how best to address growing traffic congestion. All of these topics and more come together to create a lively discourse between candidates and community members alike in Arlington’s political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 98223 (Arlington, WA) is somewhat liberal.
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
Zip 98223 (Arlington, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Arlington, Washington is somewhat liberal.
Snohomish County, Washington 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.
Arlington, 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 98223 (Arlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,512 contributions totaling $178,042 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 396 contributions totaling $195,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $493 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)