The small town of Harbor, OR is part of a larger political system, with residents engaging in local politics on a regular basis. Harbor is represented in the Oregon State Legislature and the U.S. Congress by two Senators and one Representative respectively. Furthermore, local elections are held regularly to choose new mayors, city council members, school board members, and other municipal positions. There is also an active citizenry that takes part in political debates surrounding controversial topics such as affordable housing, education reform, transportation infrastructure reform, economic development initiatives and environmental concerns. Residents of Harbor come together to discuss these issues at meetings hosted by their elected officials or during various community events such as festivals or rallies. Through this process they strive to make their voices heard for the betterment of their home town and its future generations.
The political climate in Harbor, OR is somewhat conservative.
Curry County, OR is moderately conservative. In Curry County, OR 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, Curry county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.6%.
Curry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harbor, OR is somewhat conservative.
Curry County, Oregon is moderately conservative.
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.
Harbor, 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 Harbor, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 859 contributions totaling $48,031 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $51,868 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)