Edmonds, WA is a beautiful city located in 98026 with a rich history and vibrant culture. In terms of politics, Edmonds is a city that values progressive and responsible government initiatives that strive to better the lives of its citizens. Edmonds is part of the 32nd Legislative District and is represented by Senator Maralyn Chase and Representatives Cindy Ryu, Lauren Davis, and Debra Entenman in the Washington House of Representatives. The Edmonds City Council is composed of seven members elected at-large to serve four-year terms. The council's mission is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the community while providing administrative oversight for all major city services including parks, police, public works, utilities, budgeting, zoning ordinances, library services and more. With active citizen participation at town hall meetings and online forums hosted by local politicians, Edmonds residents are able to make their voices heard in an effort to improve their quality of life through effective political representation.
The political climate in Zip 98026 (Edmonds, 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 98026 (Edmonds, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Edmonds, 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.
Edmonds, 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 98026 (Edmonds)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,852 contributions totaling $402,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 581 contributions totaling $116,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)