Siletz, OR is a small town in the state of Oregon. It has a mayor-council government that is responsible for overseeing local political issues and making decisions that affect the citizens of Siletz. The mayor is elected by the citizens to serve a four-year term and leads the city council as its chief executive. The city council is composed of seven members who are elected from each ward in town. They are responsible for enacting laws, ordinances, and resolutions to maintain public safety and health, as well as promoting educational opportunities within the community. Each member serves a two-year term, with elections held every two years. Together, the mayor and council make decisions on matters such as infrastructure projects, budgeting, tax proposals, and other important civic initiatives. The citizens have input into these important decisions through public hearings that take place when proposed changes or regulations are brought before the council for an up or down vote. This helps ensure that Siletz remains a vibrant community where all voices can be heard and considered when it comes to decision-making processes that affect their lives.
The political climate in Siletz, OR is leaning conservative.
Lincoln County, OR is moderately liberal. In Lincoln County, OR 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 40.6%.
Lincoln county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Siletz, OR is leaning conservative.
Lincoln County, Oregon is moderately liberal.
Newport Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Oregon 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.
Siletz, Oregon: D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Siletz, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $59,108 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $14,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,856 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)