The most, and least, liberal Seattle neighborhoods
Jan 8, 2017, 9:42 AM | Updated: Jan 9, 2017, 8:50 am
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Where do the least and most liberal Seattle residents live? Take a look at the Judkins Park and Broadmoor neighborhoods to see the greatest divide between political leanings.
The Seattle Times reports that by tracking political donations to candidates, a picture can be made of which neighborhoods are more or less liberal or conservative.
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The Times used data reported by Crowdpac, a website that uses data geared toward helping political campaigns get funding. Crowdpac essentially rated Seattle’s neighborhoods according to how liberal they are — or in other words, how much money they contributed to the most liberal of candidates. And also, it considered how far left or right the candidates in question were.
Crowdpac offers Seattleites the ability to check their neighborhood’s rankings — out of 78 neighborhoods. Ballard, for example, comes in at the 20th most liberal of all Seattle’s neighborhoods. Capitol Hill is the 25th most liberal in town. Whittier Heights and Wallingford are 23rd and 26th respectively. Queen Anne is far less liberal at 51. And Eastlake ranks 47th.
Most liberal Seattle, least liberal
Judkins Park (listed as the Atlantic area on Crowdpac) tops the list as the most liberal neighborhood in town. The furthest politically away from that community is Broadmoor, Seattle’s only gated community with a golf course. The least liberal areas are clumped together in the same area.
Most liberal Seattle neighborhoods:
1. Atlantic aka Judkins Park
2. Columbia City
3. North Delridge
4. Roxhill
5. Central District
Least liberal Seattle neighborhoods:
1. Broadmoor
2. Madison Park
3. Denny-Blaine
4. Pioneer Square
5. Downtown
If one wanted to play around a little further with the information — cross referencing it with census data for incomes in those neighborhoods — it becomes apparent that the least liberal neighborhoods earn a bit more than their counterparts.
The zip code for Broadmoor, Madison Park and the Denny-Blaine neighborhoods pull in a median household income of $103,816, according to US Census data. Pioneer Square and Downtown, however, make considerably less — between $10,000 and $32,568.
Considering the more left-leaning neighborhoods, the zip code for Judkins Park earns a median household income of $62,633. In Columbia City, it’s $55,725. For North Delridge and Roxhill, the median household income is $53,848. It’s $60,563 in the Central District.
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