The politics in 98251 Gold Bar, WA have a strong influence on the entire area. Located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, Gold Bar has a small population with around 1550 residents. The local political landscape is mainly dominated by the Snohomish County Council and the city's mayor, who are responsible for decisions that affect everyone living in Gold Bar. Residents also have representation from their state legislators, who represent them in Olympia. Local elections are important for residents to choose representatives who will make decisions that benefit everyone in the community. The candidates running for office must take into account the specific needs and concerns of those living in 98251 Gold Bar, WA when campaigning for their positions.
The political climate in Zip 98251 (Gold Bar, WA) is leaning 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 98251 (Gold Bar, WA) is leaning liberal.
Gold Bar, Washington is leaning 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.
Gold Bar, 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 98251 (Gold Bar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 67 contributions totaling $3,447 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)