The politics in Coos Bay, Oregon are heavily focused on local issues. The city has a mayor and seven councilors who make up the city’s government. Each member of the council is elected at-large to four-year terms, with three councilors elected every two years. Issues that are important to the citizens of Coos Bay typically revolve around increasing economic growth through development projects and improving public safety throughout the city. The council also works hard to ensure that services like libraries, parks, roads, and public transportation are funded properly and kept up to date. People in Coos Bay have strong opinions on what kind of change they want for their community and participate actively in local politics by attending meetings, voting during elections, and engaging with their elected officials.
The political climate in Coos Bay, OR is somewhat conservative.
Coos County, OR is moderately conservative. In Coos County, OR 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coos county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.9% to 38.4%.
Coos county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coos Bay, OR is somewhat conservative.
Coos County, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Coos Bay 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.
Coos Bay, 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 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 Coos Bay, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,768 contributions totaling $327,712 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 870 contributions totaling $179,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)