Politics in the area of 98121 Seattle, WA are largely influenced by city, county, state, and national government officials. Local district elections are held every two years to determine who will represent the residents of 98121 Seattle in the City Council. On a larger scale, Washington State holds general elections every four years for state representatives and senators. Additionally, US Congressional Representatives visit the 98121 Seattle area often to meet constituents and discuss issues important to them. National elections occur every four years and have a huge impact on the whole country - including 98121 Seattle. The results of these elections set the tone for policy decisions that affect everyone within 98121 Seattle's boundaries.
The political climate in Zip 98121 (Seattle, WA) is very 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 98121 (Seattle, WA) is very liberal.
Seattle, Washington is very 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 98121 (Seattle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,729 contributions totaling $1,269,342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $202,194 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $632 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)