The Roseburg, OR Metro Area has a long and proud history of political engagement. The area is represented in the Oregon state legislature by two senators, three representatives from the house of representatives, and one congressional representative. The area also has several local elected officials, including the mayor, city council members, county commissioners, school board members, and other boards and commissions. Voters in the area have consistently supported a wide variety of candidates from different backgrounds who are often more progressive than their counterparts at the state level. This diversity in representation ensures that residents of the area can make informed decisions on matters of public policy and legislation. Local elections tend to draw higher levels of voter turnout as well, with hundreds or thousands of citizens taking an active role in selecting their leaders and deciding issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Roseburg Metro Area is very conservative.
In Roseburg Metro Area 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, the Roseburg metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 29.8%.
The Roseburg metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Roseburg, 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 Roseburg Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,536 contributions totaling $967,193 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,410 contributions totaling $524,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $372 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)