The Brookings, OR Metro Area is home to a plethora of political interests and beliefs that come together to create a vibrant political landscape. This includes voters from all party affiliations who have a voice in local elections and decisions. The Brookings area is filled with passionate people who strive to make their community better through the support of local candidates and organizations. Additionally, there are many opportunities for individuals to get involved in the political process, such as participating in public forums or attending rallies for particular causes or candidates. With its strong sense of civic engagement, the Brookings Metro Area is an excellent place to explore political issues and find solutions that can benefit everyone in the community.
The political climate in Brookings Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Brookings Metro Area 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Brookings metro area remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.6%.
The Brookings metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brookings Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Brookings, Oregon: R R R R R R
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Brookings Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,247 contributions totaling $91,660 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 306 contributions totaling $86,461 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)