Auburn, WA is located in the 98092 zip code, and the city is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor is elected at-large to serve a four-year term. The Auburn City Council consists of seven members, each representing one of seven wards. Currently, Nancy Backus is the mayor of Auburn. The council holds regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month. In addition to regularly scheduled meetings, the city has many committees that provide advice on various issues to the mayor and council members. While there are no current candidates running for local office in Auburn, citizens are encouraged to stay informed about local politics and get involved in their community.
The political climate in Zip 98092 (Auburn, 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 98092 (Auburn, WA) is strongly liberal.
Auburn, 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.
Auburn, 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 98092 (Auburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,304 contributions totaling $607,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 426 contributions totaling $120,212 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)