Bunk Foss leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.
About 98% of adults in Bunk Foss typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bunk Foss, ~45% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~2% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bunk Foss compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bunk Foss leans more Republican than 51 of 77 neighbors.
Bunk Foss runs about 26 points more Republican than Washington as a whole. Washington leans Democratic overall, while Bunk Foss is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Bunk Foss leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Bunk Foss, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Bunk Foss votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 74%, far above the Washington average of 41%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 83% of households in Bunk Foss are family households, above 94% of cities. Bunk Foss runs against the grain of Washington, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Bunk Foss, WA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Bunk Foss looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Bunk Foss is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Bunk Foss own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cavalero, WA R+4
- Lake Stevens, WA R+4
- Snohomish, WA R+10
- Eastmont, WA D+7
- Everett, WA D+17
- Silver Firs, WA D+9
- Monroe North, WA R+8
- Lochsloy, WA R+21
- Lake Bosworth, WA R+20
- Mill Creek, WA D+25
Cities with Similar Populations
- Aberdeen, KY R+68
- Spring Creek, WV R+56
- Bern, KS R+69
- Humm Wye, IL R+61
- Locust Ridge, OH R+61
- Coulter, IA R+54
- Adamsburg, PA R+33
- Gould City, MI R+39
- West Kennebunk, ME R+3
- Macdoel, CA R+22
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Washington Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.