Lincoln County, Oregon is a rural county located in the Pacific Northwest. It is a largely agricultural area, with a focus on timber and other natural resources. Politically, Lincoln County is predominantly conservative with a heavy emphasis on fiscal responsibility. The local government typically focuses its resources on keeping taxes low, supporting local businesses and promoting economic development. Local elections are often hotly contested but are generally decided by relatively small margins. On the national stage, Lincoln County prefers to prioritize domestic issues over foreign policy stances. Overall, the politics of Lincoln County tend to revolve around fiscal conservatism and traditional values.
The political climate in Lincoln County, OR is moderately liberal.
In Lincoln County, OR 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 40.6%.
Lincoln county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln County, OR is moderately liberal.
Newport Metro Area is moderately 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.
Lincoln, 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 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 Lincoln County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,140 contributions totaling $302,823 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,015 contributions totaling $157,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)