Mayor Bruce Harrell and Council President Sara Nelson are unfavorably viewed by 50% and 44% of Seattle voters [View all]
A majority of voters in the City of Seattle have an unfavorable view of Mayor Bruce Harrell and a significant plurality have an unfavorable view of Council President Sara Nelson eight months ahead of when ballots drop in the November 2025 general election, the Northwest Progressive Institute’s inaugural Civic Heartbeat survey has found.
Civic Heartbeat is the name for our expanded local polling initiative, which aims to provide timely research throughout the year at periodic intervals, not just in the weeks leading up to a Top Two or general election. This is the first of several planned Civic Heartbeat surveys, made possible by a generous gift from our friend Carrie Barnes.
We have been asking Seattle voters to share their opinions of city officials’ job performance in our Emerald City polling going back several years — most recently last fall — but for our inaugural Civic Heartbeat poll, we added a question about favorability.
The results are fascinating.
https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/02/mayor-bruce-harrell-and-council-president-sara-nelson-are-unfavorably-viewed-by-50-and-44-of-seattle-voters.html
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