Winchester Bay, OR is a small coastal town in the United States. It is located on the Oregon Coast in Douglas County and has a population of just over 1,000 people. The town has been run by its mayor since its incorporation in 1964, and city council elections are held every two years. The city council consists of five members who make decisions on behalf of the citizens of Winchester Bay. Policies concerning parks and recreation, public safety, zoning regulations, library services, as well as other important issues have been set forth by the city council for many years and have helped to shape Winchester Bay into a vibrant community. Local politics are an important part of life in this small town as citizens take an active role in deciding who represents them on the city council.
The political climate in Winchester Bay, OR is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, OR is very conservative. In Douglas County, OR 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 29.8%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winchester Bay, OR is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, Oregon is very conservative.
Roseburg Metro Area is very 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.
Winchester 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 Winchester Bay, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,556 contributions totaling $80,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $68,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)