The small community of 98262 Lummi Island, WA is an unincorporated island in the Salish Sea. It's population is estimated to be around 800 people. Politically, Lummi Island is governed by Whatcom County Council, along with the Lummi Tribal Council. The local government has a unique relationship with both county and tribal leaders that works to benefit the island's residents. With its small population size and lack of major urban areas, 98262 Lummi Island has very few local political candidates. However, all elections are conducted fairly by both county and tribal councils to ensure that the best possible leadership is chosen for the island's future growth and development.
The political climate in Zip 98262 (Lummi Island, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Whatcom County, WA is strongly liberal. In Whatcom County, WA 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, Whatcom county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.4% to 36.4%.
Whatcom county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98262 (Lummi Island, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Lummi Island, Washington is somewhat liberal.
Whatcom County, Washington is strongly liberal.
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.
Lummi Island, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 98262 (Lummi Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,031 contributions totaling $49,586 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $1,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)