== Politics edit, 12-18 == 

 There is no valid reason to call all five Democrats on the County Council from the "Metro Seattle core" because two of them (Bob Ferguson and Julia Patterson) represent districts that are mostly outside of Seattle.  Also, there is no valid reason to delete the explanation of the political shift in east King Coutny evidenced by the 2004 election.  If this entry is going to include a statement that "David Irons beat Rom Sims countywide" (which is not even technically accurate, as King County includes Seattle), it should include the fact that John Kerry and Patty Murray won in most of the county's incorporated areas, not just Seattle.  In its current edit, this article wrongly gives the impression that King County outside of Seattle leans Republican, which is flatly untrue.