The Coos Bay Metro Area in Oregon has a rich political history. The area is part of the 2nd Congressional District and is currently represented by Congressman Greg Walden in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the state level, the district is represented in the Senate by Herman Baertschiger Jr. and Arnie Roblan, both Democrats, and in the House of Representatives by Caddy McKeown, David Gomberg, and Brad Witt, who are all Democrats as well. The local government is headed up by Mayor Joe Benetti and City Council members Larry Cooper, Kris Vickers, Tim Ralston, Gordon Claypool, Suzette Jordan-Bealer and Chris Etterman Wallace. This diverse mix of elected officials ensures that residents have a say in their representation at all levels of government.
The political climate in Coos Bay Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Coos Bay Metro Area 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, the Coos Bay metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.9% to 38.4%.
The Coos Bay metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Coos Bay Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,095 contributions totaling $252,836 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 974 contributions totaling $128,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)