Bothell, WA is a city situated in the 98011 zip code near Seattle. The city is home to many local politicians who play an important role in the governance of the city. The current mayor of Bothell is Joshua Freed, who was elected in 2018. He and the City Council are working to ensure that Bothell remains a safe and vibrant community for its citizens. In addition to local politicians, Washington State representatives also have jurisdiction over the area and their policies often affect local residents directly. With both federal and state government representation, Bothell's citizens have access to a wide range of resources to address their needs and concerns.
The political climate in Zip 98011 (Bothell, 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 98011 (Bothell, WA) is strongly liberal.
Bothell, 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.
Bothell, 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 98011 (Bothell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,546 contributions totaling $155,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $30,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)