Did your Seattle neighbors vote with Amazon? Check this map
Where did Seattleites vote for City Council candidates favored by Amazon? We created a map to find out.
Turns out, residents in wealthier precincts closer to the water voted for Amazon candidates. The exception was District 5 in North Seattle. Incumbent Debora Juarez was endorsed by an Amazon-backed PAC, but she won in nearly every precinct, except a few along Lake Washington.
By Amazon candidates, we mean those endorsed by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. Amazon pumped around $1.5 million into the chamber's political action committee, CASE.
Despite this cash influx, Amazon and business-backed candidates won in just two of seven races.
Find your precinct here. Now find it on the map below.
Data from King County Elections. Does not include tied precincts. Map by Teodora Popescu and Anna Boiko-Weyrauch.
Amazon-backed candidates that lost
Heidi Wills, District 6
Total PAC spending on candidate’s behalf: $800,000
Seattle chamber, including Amazon, spent: $431,140
Vote received: 44%
Precincts won: Upscale neighborhoods with views of Puget Sound
Opponent: Dan Strauss
Egan Orion, District 3
Total PAC spending on candidate behalf: $600,000
Seattle chamber, including Amazon, spent: $443,830
Vote received: 48%
Precincts won: Mansion dwellers in north Capitol Hill, waterfront areas
Opponent: Kshama Sawant, incumbent
Jim Pugel, District 7
Total PAC spending on candidate behalf: $550,000
Seattle chamber, including Amazon, spent: $319,850
Vote received: 47%
Precincts won: Magnolia waterfront
Opponent: Andrew Lewis, assistant city attorney
Phil Tavel, District 1
Total PAC spending on candidate behalf: $344,000
Seattle chamber, including Amazon, spent: $300,000
Vote received: 44%
Precincts won: Along Puget Sound
Opponent: Lisa Herbold
Mark Solomon, District 2
Total PAC spending on candidate behalf: $250,000
Seattle chamber, including Amazon, spent: $162,030
Vote received: 40%
Precincts won: Along Lake Washington
Opponent: Tammy Morales
Amazon-backed candidates that won
Alex Pedersen, District 4
Total PAC spending on candidate behalf: $250,000
Seattle chamber, including Amazon, spent: $66,010
Vote received: 52%
Precincts won: Laurelhurst and waterfront
Opponent: Shaun Scott
Debora Juarez, District 5
Total PAC spending on candidate behalf: $60,000
Seattle chamber, including Amazon, spent: $19,220
Vote candidate received: 60%
Precincts won: Nearly all
Opponent: Ann Davison Sattler