Mercer Island, WA is a small community located in King County that is home to over 23,000 people. Despite its size, it has a vibrant and active political scene. Mercer Island is represented by two state representatives in the Washington State House of Representatives and one state senator in the Washington State Senate. Local elections are held regularly for positions such as city council members, mayor and other positions on the council. The citizens of Mercer Island take their civic duties seriously and regularly participate in local politics to ensure that their voices are heard. Additionally, local advocacy groups work hard to inform the public about important issues and rally support for important causes within the community. With its strong political presence, Mercer Island serves as an example of how engaged citizens can make a difference in their communities.
The political climate in Zip 98040 (Mercer Island, 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 98040 (Mercer Island, WA) is strongly liberal.
Mercer Island, 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.
Mercer Island, 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 98040 (Mercer Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,788 contributions totaling $2,948,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,525 contributions totaling $1,120,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $735 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)