Mount Vernon, WA is a beautiful small city situated in Skagit County. The population of 98274 residents are passionate about the political process and taking part in local elections. In recent years, the city has seen a surge of new and diverse candidates vying for positions in local politics. These candidates come from all walks of life and work to represent the interests and values of their diverse constituents. Most recently, long time residents Jerry Smith and Sarah Brown have been running for City Council positions to ensure that the needs of the citizens are always heard. Through their respective campaigns they hope to bring progress and innovation to Mount Vernon while still recognizing its rich history and culture. With such a passionate population, it's no wonder why Mount Vernon is seeing an increase in voter participation year after year.
The political climate in Zip 98274 (Mount Vernon, 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 98274 (Mount Vernon, WA) is leaning liberal.
Mount Vernon, 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.
Mount Vernon, 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 98274 (Mount Vernon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,072 contributions totaling $60,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $33,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)