Politically blue Seattle has become even bluer since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, according to research on political affiliation by Nielsen. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
Politically blue Seattle has become even bluer since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, according to research by Nielsen on political affiliation. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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Seattle-area Democrats surge in number since Trump was elected in 2016

Since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, the Seattle area has gotten bluer. Democratic residents surged during his time in office, while the number of Republican residents has dropped, according to new market-research data.

The north end of Queen Anne neighborhood on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. 215745
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Undated photo of Wendy Stephens, identified as the youngest victim of the Green River Killer. (Courtesy of King County Sheriff’s Office)
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Dr. John Corman MD, signals for more Pfizer vaccine as Amazon partners with Virginia Mason creating a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Amazon’s 7th Avenue meeting center in Seattle, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. 216188
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President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris listens at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) DCEV439 DCEV439

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Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson along with acting House Sergeant-at-Arms Tim Blodgett, lead the Democratic House impeachment managers as they walk through Statuary Hall in the Capitol, to deliver to the Senate the article of impeachment alleging incitement of insurrection against former President Donald Trump, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) DCSW203 DCSW203
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Sub Pop has opened a new retail store in the Denny Triangle area, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 in Seattle. It’s a second location after opening the airport store years back. 216224
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A Boeing 737 MAX-9, built for Alaska Airlines, undergoes testing as it flies past the Boeing factory in Everett Washington on March 23, 2020. Boeing said Monday it will temporarily suspend its Puget Sound factory operations starting Wednesday in response to the escalating COVID-19 pandemic. The decision comes a day after the first Boeing worker died of a COVID-19 infection. The company said Sunday that 29 of its employees had been confirmed to have the disease. 213431
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Monday, January 25, 2021 Sitting in the UW’s greek row, Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) has been accused of charging fees for student housing even when the students couldn’t live there because of COVID. 216221
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Stephen Sinclair, the new DOC secretary. Credit: Courtesy DOC
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Colleen Echohawk is executive director of the Chief Seattle Club, a local nonprofit serving Indigenous people experiencing homelessness. Their Native Works program received $100,000 from the South King County Fund for Sovereignty Farms, a new apprenticeship program that pays people to farm an acre of land. Echohawk is an enrolled member of the Kithehaki Band of the Pawnee Nation and a member of the Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Lake. Friday January 8, 2021. 216075
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Desmond David-Pitts rallies a large crowd in front of the Anchorage Police Department headquarters during a protest of police brutality on Saturday, June 6, 2020 in downtown Anchorage. David-Pitts told the crowd about his brother, 16-year-old Daelyn Polu, who was shot and killed by Anchorage Police in February during a traffic stop where police say a male passenger shot at officers during the encounter. One policeman was shot during the traffic stop but was protected by his body armor, according to a police statement. David-Pitts questioned the official report. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Kindergarten teacher Sherri Shober doles out hand sanitizer to students Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 at Park Brook Elementary School in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Prekindergarten through second grade students returned for in-person learning during the pandemic. (Christine T. Nguyen/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

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Ben Gibbard and Death Cab For Cutie play their 2003 album “Transatlanticism” in its entirety on the second day of the Bumbershoot music and arts festival at the Seattle Center Sunday September 1, 2013. 132373

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A Tsimshian tribal member leading the march for Indigenous peoples rights and respect pauses before a Native People’s mural at the corner of Yesler and Second Avenue. He drummed along the winding route from Occidental Square through nearby streets. Ref to more photos online Saturday Jan 23, 2021 216217
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Brian Finch with Nichol Brothers checks the I-beam placement under the stone cottage in West Seattle being prepped for a move to save it from demolition. Additional funds and permits to move it still need to be obtained. The cottage is small and for this company is considered a relatively easy move and among the smallest building they will have relocated. It will go to a storage site until a permanent site is found. Ref to more photos online and previous, recent story The late Eva Falk’s stone 90-year-old stone cottage near Alki Beach in West Seattle is being prepped for a move to save it from demolition. An additional $50,000 is needed and it will be relocated to a storage site by Nichol Brothers until a permanent location is found. About two dozen I-beams have been placed under the structure build from about 15,000 beach stones. The walls have been reinforced for a move and underpinnings placed. Saturday there is a walk from the Alki lighthouse to the cottage beginning at 10 A.M. called “Walking in Eva’s Shoes.” For more information see savethestonecottage.org Previous coverage by Nicole and me from about 10 days ago: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/saving-west-seattles-depression-era-stone-cottage-one-beach-stone-at-a-time/ LO Linesonly The Stone Cottage in West Seattle is prepped for a move to save it from demolition. It still needs more fundraising and then permits for relocation. Nickel Brothers workers install I-beams under the structure. Friday Jan 22, 2021 216212
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Mt. Rainier looms in this telephoto view from Lake Forest Park during Thursday morning’s sunrise. The mountain appears to be steaming as clouds form and change as the sun hits the mountain as it rises. The Weather forecast is for partly sunny skies on Thursday and Friday with rain in the forecast for Sunday. Photographed on January 14, 2021. LO LO LO 216127
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Rainier catches the first light

Dirt bikers Tyler Hedberg, left, Kody Clark and Blake Trimble prepare for their final run on the course in Carnation at the winter Tour de Farm. Wanderings_Mud_Run Saturday January 2, 2021 216045
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