Kenmore, WA located in King County is a city with a population of approximately 22,000 people. It is known for its close proximity to Lake Washington and the Burke-Gilman Trail. The city elections are nonpartisan and the mayor and seven-member city council are elected at large on an at-large basis. The most recent election was held in August 2019 and the mayor and four of the previously incumbent members were reelected by a large margin. The Mayor, currently Gene Porter, is responsible for proposing a budget each year, which must be approved by the City Council after public comment. Regular Council meetings allow residents to voice their opinions on certain issues. Additionally, there are numerous community organizations that are dedicated to keeping Kenmore’s citizens informed about local politics as well as advocating for policy change. Overall, Kenmore’s citizens remain engaged in local politics and understand the importance of understanding how their local government works in order to effectively engage with it.
The political climate in Zip 98028 (Kenmore, 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 98028 (Kenmore, WA) is strongly liberal.
Kenmore, 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.
Kenmore, 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 98028 (Kenmore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,517 contributions totaling $232,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 498 contributions totaling $76,278 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)