The small community of 97102 Arch Cape, OR is home to a tight-knit group of families and friends. Local politics are important in the small town and residents take pride in their involvement with local decision-making. Residents come together for debates over various issues such as zoning laws, economic development, taxes, and other topics important to the local community. During elections, candidates from both parties speak about their vision for the future of the town. Although this area is typically not a major center of national political activity, at the local level it has become an important part of ensuring citizens have a voice in decisions that affect them.
The political climate in Zip 97102 (Arch Cape, OR) is leaning liberal.
Clatsop County, OR is somewhat liberal. In Clatsop County, OR 54.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clatsop county remained strongly Democratic, 54.0% to 42.7%.
Clatsop county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97102 (Arch Cape, OR) is leaning liberal.
Arch Cape, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Clatsop County, Oregon is somewhat liberal.
Astoria Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Arch Cape, 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 zip 97102 (Arch Cape)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $1,472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $1,021 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)