The politics of Vashon, Washington (98070) are largely shaped by local and regional issues. Vashon is located in King County, where the population has grown rapidly in recent years, bringing with it a number of issues for residents to consider. The area's congressional representatives are Adam Smith (D) and Pramila Jayapal (D). At the state level, Vashon is represented in the Washington State Legislature by Democratic Senator Joe Nguyen and Republican Representative Andy Billig. On the county level, Vashon is served by King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove, a Democrat. Local politics in Vashon involve addressing issues facing the island's growing population such as affordable housing, protecting its rural character and preserving farmland for agricultural use. Residents of 98070 have several options when it comes to getting involved in their community's political process including attending city council meetings, joining local civic groups and participating in grassroots campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 98070 (Vashon, WA) is moderately 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 98070 (Vashon, WA) is moderately liberal.
Vashon, Washington is moderately 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.
Vashon, 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 98070 (Vashon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,307 contributions totaling $974,331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $54,368 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $358 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)