The city of 98258 Lake Stevens, WA is home to over 32,000 citizens. The political scene in Lake Stevens consists of a mayor and six council members who are elected by the people to serve four-year terms. The government is responsible for providing services such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, water and sewer management, recreation programs, and other services to better the community. Local elections are held every two years where people can cast their votes to elect candidates who they feel will bring positive change to the city. Additionally, initiatives such as tax levies and bond measures are put forth before the public for a vote in order to finance certain projects within the city. Due to its close proximity to state and federal governments located in Seattle, residents of Lake Stevens have access to political news which keeps them informed about their local politics.
The political climate in Zip 98258 (Lake Stevens, 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 98258 (Lake Stevens, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Lake Stevens, 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.
Lake Stevens, 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 98258 (Lake Stevens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,555 contributions totaling $83,856 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $37,302 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)