Silver Beach leans heavily Democratic by roughly 40 points: about 70% of voters vote Democratic and 30% Republican.
About 91% of adults in Silver Beach typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Silver Beach, ~64% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Silver Beach compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Silver Beach is the least Democratic-leaning.
Silver Beach runs about 22 points more Democratic than Washington as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Silver Beach. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+59) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+6), a spread of about 54 points.
Why Silver Beach leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Silver Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 59% of adults in Silver Beach hold a bachelor's degree, about 30 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Silver Beach, Bellingham, WA does.
Why turnout in Silver Beach looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Silver Beach is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Silver Beach have completed high school, above 88% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Mount Baker, Bellingham, WA D+46
- Puget, Bellingham, WA D+48
- York, Bellingham, WA D+69
- Lettered Streets, Bellingham, WA D+73
- Sehome, Bellingham, WA D+74
- Samish Hill, Bellingham, WA D+56
- Columbia, Bellingham, WA D+72
- Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA D+73
- Birchwood, Bellingham, WA D+46
- Happy Valley, Bellingham, WA D+69
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Hamilton Hills, Schenectady, NY D+42
- French Quarter, New Orleans, LA D+46
- Hunter Industrial Park, Riverside, CA D+19
- Stevens Triangle, Richland, WA R+4
- Hillendale, Parkville, MD D+76
- Goodrich-Kirtland Park, Cleveland, OH D+45
- Tireman, Detroit, MI D+76
- Rock Creek, Cypress, TX R+34
- Canterbury, Mobile, AL R+5
- Brightwood, Springfield, MA D+34
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Washington Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.