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Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA·Washington

Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA delivered D+9 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

Island ferries and farmland frame a battleground between Seattle's orbit and rural Skagit County

1876 — 2024·38 elections
WA
Latest
D+9
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
131,328
2024 ACS

Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington: Tossup metro. In 2024, voted D+9%. Republican peak: R+50 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+9MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
131,3282024 5-year
Median household income
$89,2632024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
75.0%2024 5-year
Black
0.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
19.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+30 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+50 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 1 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+8.8%
36,95630,76570,256
D
+7.5%
38,25232,76273,423
D
+3.4%
26,69024,73658,059
D
+6.5%
28,68825,07155,697
D
+9.6%
30,05324,68755,886
R
−1.9%
25,13126,13952,299
R
−3.8%
20,43222,16345,221
D
+4.6%
18,29516,39741,118
D
+6.3%
15,93613,38840,728
R
−4.3%
15,15916,55032,401
R
−14.7%
13,94718,84033,326
R
−13.8%
11,29915,52030,623
R
−1.3%
12,71813,06026,837
R
−20.4%
9,23314,21224,448
D
+0.8%
10,52910,35422,594
D
+27.6%
14,3448,13822,510
R
−5.0%
11,00312,16823,220
R
−13.6%
9,24312,14921,440
R
−15.7%
8,32111,44619,952
D
+5.0%
9,0808,17618,192
D
+9.3%
9,4097,80517,332
D
+10.1%
9,7967,98517,970
D
+28.3%
9,6395,22215,615
D
+29.9%
8,3954,24613,888
R
−48.4%
2,8488,33611,329
R
−41.3%
6995,07110,576
R
−33.8%
1,8405,32010,306
D
+7.7%
4,9364,14210,310
O
−4.7%
1,9622,3999,237
R
−28.5%
1,4492,9245,183
R
−49.8%
8803,0514,363
R
−18.3%
1,2201,8143,245
D
+12.2%
1,6231,2682,921
R
−11.1%
9231,2462,903
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.0%
English
14.3%
Irish
11.3%
American
3.9%
Italian
3.3%
Scottish
3.0%
French
2.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.3%
3.4%
75–84
3.7%
6.3%
65–74
7.0%
6.4%
55–64
6.7%
5.6%
45–54
5.6%
6.5%
35–44
6.2%
6.4%
25–34
6.1%
3.7%
18–24
3.4%
8.0%
5–17
7.6%
2.7%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$89,263
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$89,263
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.3%
Working age (18–64)10.8%
Seniors (65+)7.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
84.0%
speak English only
Spanish12.9%
Other Indo-European1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
19.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.5%
Mainline Protestant
3.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Baptist
1.3%
Methodist
0.9%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Skagit County anchors this metro with a mix of agricultural flatlands and coastal tourism, producing swing-district results that often track closer to statewide margins than the deep-blue core to the south.

The metro's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached thirty points in 1932; the Republican margin reached fifty points in 1904. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 131,328, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $89,263 — situate the metro close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/34580/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington voted Democratic by 8.8 points (D+9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 70,256 votes cast, 36,956 went Democratic and 30,765 went Republican.
What is Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington as a "Tossup" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 17 times, and other 1 times.
When did Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington?
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington has a population of 131,328 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington is $89,263 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.