In 98257 La Conner, WA, politics is an important matter for the community. Located in Skagit County, Washington State, the city of La Conner has a population of approximately 886 people according to the latest census. As a small rural community, local elections are often decided by a small margin and are very important to its citizens. The City of La Conner has a mayor and four city council members who are elected by the residents every two years. Each year there are several candidates that run for office and it is up to the citizens to decide which candidates they will support and vote for. Recently, there have been some hot-button topics such as taxes, public safety, economic development and more that have been discussed during election season. With such an important job at hand, the people of La Conner take their role in local politics seriously and work hard to ensure their voice is heard during elections.
The political climate in Zip 98257 (La Conner, WA) is leaning liberal.
Skagit County, WA is leaning liberal. In Skagit County, WA 52.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Skagit county remained moderately Democratic, 52.1% to 44.6%.
Skagit county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98257 (La Conner, WA) is leaning liberal.
La Conner, Washington is leaning liberal.
Skagit County, Washington is leaning liberal.
Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metro Area is leaning 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.
La Conner, Washington: r r 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 98257 (La Conner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,660 contributions totaling $149,636 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 304 contributions totaling $40,746 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)