Granite Falls, WA 98252 is a small city located in Snohomish County. The city has a rich history and a strong sense of community spirit. Politically, the city has an active local government that is committed to providing quality services to the citizens of Granite Falls. Elections for local offices are held every two years and candidates must meet certain criteria in order to be on the ballot. Currently, the mayor is Steve Labinski, and his term will end in 2021. The City Council consists of six members who make decisions on behalf of the citizens and ensure that policies are implemented properly. Local issues such as economic development, infrastructure maintenance, public safety and recreation are all discussed regularly at council meetings. Granite Falls also participates in state-wide elections, giving its citizens a voice at the state level as well.
The political climate in Zip 98252 (Granite Falls, 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 98252 (Granite Falls, WA) is leaning liberal.
Granite Falls, 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.
Granite Falls, 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 98252 (Granite Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 324 contributions totaling $8,849 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $8,351 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)