97107 Bay City, OR is a small town located on the Oregon Coast. Politically, it is a diverse community with both Democrats and Republicans represented in local elections. The 97107 area elects representatives to the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon State Senate as well as one representative to the U.S. House of Representatives. At the local level, Bay City residents collectively elect a Mayor and four council members who serve on the city council for four-year terms. The Mayor and Council Members are responsible for setting city policies, developing an annual budget, making decisions about land use, and overseeing various city services such as law enforcement and public works. Residents also have a chance to voice their opinions through town halls, which are held every 2-3 months to address issues ranging from economic development to zoning regulations.
The political climate in Zip 97107 (Bay City, OR) is leaning conservative.
Tillamook County, OR is leaning conservative. In Tillamook County, OR 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tillamook county remained narrowly Republican, 49.5% to 47.8%.
Tillamook county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97107 (Bay City, OR) is leaning conservative.
Bay City, Oregon is leaning conservative.
Tillamook County, Oregon is leaning conservative.
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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.
Bay City, Oregon: r r d d 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 zip 97107 (Bay City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,932 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)