Bellingham, WA · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Whatcom County, Washington. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Bellingham, WA, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Bellingham, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
151,259
2018
157,068
2020
169,527
2022
172,711
2024
183,754
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,434 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +24,193 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Bellingham, WA in Bellingham, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+754
2012
+347
2013
+330
2014
+879
2015
+2,337
2016
+3,442
2017
+3,956
2018
+2,833
2019
+3,087
2021
−983
2022
+3,232
2023
+1,328
2024
+1,217
2025
+1,434
Bellingham anchors Whatcom County at the Canadian border, where Western Washington University's enrollment and a growing exurban population create a consistent Democratic lean tempered by competitive rural precincts to the east.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 55.3 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.7 points.
A population of 230,503, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,784 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA.
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In 2024, Bellingham, WA, Washington voted Democratic by 24.7 points (D+24.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 137,868 votes cast, 83,295 went Democratic and 49,213 went Republican.
When did Bellingham, WA, Washington last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Bellingham, WA, Washington voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Bellingham, WA, Washington?
Bellingham, WA, Washington has a population of 230,503 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bellingham, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Bellingham, WA, Washington is $81,784 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Bellingham, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Bellingham, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
