The city of Coos Bay, located in 97420, is the largest city on Oregon's southern coast. The mayor of Coos Bay is Joe Benetti and the council members are Dennis Coco, John Beasly, Chris Gentile, Tiffany DeYoung and Mike Hodges. As the largest population center in Southern Oregon, Coos Bay is a major political hub in the region. Local politics tend to focus on economic development initiatives to help strengthen the local economy and create jobs for its citizens. Issues such as transportation infrastructure and environmental protection are also primary topics of discussion within city politics. Additionally, representatives for regional issues are often elected by residents from Coos Bay to advise on larger decisions that affect them all.
The political climate in Zip 97420 (Coos Bay, OR) is somewhat conservative.
Coos County, OR is moderately conservative. In Coos County, OR 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, Coos county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.9% to 38.4%.
Coos county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97420 (Coos Bay, OR) is somewhat conservative.
Coos Bay, Oregon is somewhat conservative.
Coos County, Oregon is moderately conservative.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 97420 (Coos Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,010 contributions totaling $94,359 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $29,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)