Curry County, Oregon is located on the southern Oregon coast and is a rural area with a population of fewer than 22,000 people. It is governed by an elected three-member Board of Commissioners that sets county policy. The Board oversees departments such as Public Health, Public Works, Emergency Medical Services, and Fire & Rescue. Elections for Commissioner are held every four years with the most recent election being in 2020. During elections, citizens of Curry County have the opportunity to vote for candidates who support their views on local issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, resource management and economic development. On the state level, Curry County is represented by members in the Oregon House of Representatives and Senate who advocate on behalf of their constituents’ interests in Salem.
The political climate in 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
Curry County, OR 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.
Curry, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Curry County, OR
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)