The city of Brookings, OR (97415) is served by the Brookings City Council, a seven-member governing body that is elected for four-year terms. The council is responsible for making decisions on all matters related to the city, including budgeting and public safety. The mayor of Brookings is currently Jamie Mills, who was elected in 2018 to a two-year term. The past few years have seen an increase in local political engagement and activism among residents of Brookings. There are several local organizations and individuals actively advocating for change in the city, from gun control measures to environmental protection initiatives. The Brookings City Council meets regularly to consider proposals put forward by citizens and organizations advocating for change within the city. With an increasing amount of attention placed on local politics, it's important that residents take part in the democratic process and make their voices heard on issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 97415 (Brookings, OR) is somewhat conservative.
Curry County, OR is moderately conservative. In Curry County, OR 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Curry county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.6%.
Curry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97415 (Brookings, OR) is somewhat conservative.
Brookings, Oregon is somewhat conservative.
Curry County, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Brookings 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.
Brookings, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 97415 (Brookings)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 859 contributions totaling $48,031 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $51,868 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)