Politics in the 98115 Seattle, WA area are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. The majority of local elected officials and political candidates are from the Democratic Party. For example, the Mayor of Seattle is Jenny Durkan, a Democrat, and her predecessor was also a Democrat. In the Washington State Legislature, there are seven representatives from this zip code area who represent 98115 Seattle residents; six of them are Democrats and one is an Independent. In addition to local politicians, 98115's residents have access to representation at the national level through three members of Congress: Pramila Jayapal (D), Adam Smith (D), and Suzan DelBene (D). With such strong representation from the Democratic Party, it's clear that politics in this part of Washington State tend to lean leftward.
The political climate in Zip 98115 (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 98115 (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 98115 (Seattle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20,491 contributions totaling $3,149,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 903 contributions totaling $141,443 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)