Langley, Washington is a small town in the state of Washington. As such, it has a small but active political presence. The mayor and city council members are elected locally to represent the residents of Langley. They are responsible for local decision-making regarding taxes, budgeting, planning and zoning issues, public safety and services, infrastructure maintenance, and more. The mayor and council members also participate in regional meetings with other local municipalities to discuss policies that affect their respective townships. In addition to local representation, there are several state representatives from Langley who work on a larger scale on behalf of the town’s residents. These representatives focus on issues related to housing affordability, transportation funding, environmental protection, education reform and healthcare access. All of these efforts contribute to Langley’s overall quality of life and prosperity.
The political climate in Langley, WA is leaning liberal.
Island County, WA is somewhat liberal. In Island County, WA 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Island county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 42.2%.
Island county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Langley, WA is leaning liberal.
Island County, Washington is somewhat liberal.
Oak Harbor Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Washington is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Langley, Washington: r r d d d D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Langley, WA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,196 contributions totaling $925,867 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 195 contributions totaling $24,028 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)