The Bellingham, WA Metro Area is an area of great political diversity and activity. The city of Bellingham is represented in the state legislature by a number of senators and representatives from both major parties, who work to ensure that the residents of the metro area are able to have their voices heard on important issues. Additionally, there are many local initiatives that allow citizens to be more politically involved in their communities. There are numerous civic organizations devoted to helping individuals become more politically informed and active, and there are also several independent organizations that advocate for specific causes in the Bellingham Metro area. With all this political activity happening in the region, it’s easy to see why so many people choose to live here.
The political climate in Bellingham Metro Area is strongly liberal.
In Bellingham Metro Area 60.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Bellingham metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.4% to 36.4%.
The Bellingham metro area voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bellingham Metro Area is strongly 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.
Bellingham, Washington: r d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Bellingham Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30,478 contributions totaling $2,668,081 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,973 contributions totaling $635,072 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)