The State of Washington is a land of contradictions.

There are large areas that are very progressive and pro LGBTQ. Huge amounts of community organizing and routine public demonstrations. Genuinely quite strong community.

But the conservatives in the state are some of the furthest right in the country, they’ve been politically marginalized for some time now, but still have influence in a lot of institutions, particularly at the local level in some smaller towns and suburbs.

It gets overlooked because it always votes democrat, but the state has some serious internal political divides.