Dunes City, Oregon is a small coastal town located in the northwestern corner of the state. It has a rich history and unique charm that makes it an attractive southern destination for visitors and locals alike. The city is governed by a mayor who is elected every four years, as well as a council composed of other locally elected officials. Local politics center around issues like economic development, environmental protection, social services, and infrastructure improvements. In recent years, local politicians have worked to make Dunes City more competitive in terms of tourism by investing in new attractions and public amenities. At the same time, they are balancing these investments with measures to ensure that the local economy remains sustainable while maintaining adequate public safety measures. In general, Dunes City is politically engaged and actively works towards positive change through its local government.
The political climate in Dunes City, OR is leaning liberal.
Lane County, OR is strongly liberal. In Lane County, OR 60.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.5% to 36.1%.
Lane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dunes City, OR is leaning liberal.
Lane County, Oregon is strongly liberal.
Eugene-Springfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Dunes City, 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 Dunes City, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,135 contributions totaling $116,482 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 204 contributions totaling $18,963 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)