The politics in 98264 Lynden, WA are heavily influenced by local issues. The City of Lynden is served by the City Council and Mayor, both elected by local residents every four years. The City Council is responsible for setting the city budget, approving ordinances, zoning laws, and overseeing city departments such as public works and police. The mayor holds a ceremonial position and is a spokesperson for the community. Local political candidates must understand the needs of the community and be able to work with other government officials to ensure that their constituents’ interests are represented. In addition, they should have a strong knowledge of issues involving economic development, education, health care, public safety, land use planning, transportation infrastructure, and more in order to best serve the people of Lynden.
The political climate in Zip 98264 (Lynden, 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 98264 (Lynden, WA) is somewhat liberal.
Lynden, 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.
Lynden, 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 98264 (Lynden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 759 contributions totaling $29,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 481 contributions totaling $88,803 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)