The 98107 zip code is located in Seattle, Washington and is home to a diverse population of people. Politically speaking, the city of Seattle has a progressive leaning and is often referred to as one of the most liberal cities in the United States. Seattle supports many progressive causes, such as social justice, LGBTQ+ rights, climate change, gun control, and more. In terms of local political candidates running for office in 98107 Seattle there are currently no candidates running for office that can be discussed here due to their personal information being confidential.
The political climate in Zip 98107 (Seattle, 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 98107 (Seattle, WA) is strongly liberal.
Seattle, 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.
Seattle, 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 98107 (Seattle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,949 contributions totaling $816,856 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $159,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $490 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)