Depoe Bay, Oregon, is a small town with a population of 1,398 located on the beautiful Oregon Coast. The local politics of the area are managed by several bodies. The City Council is responsible for making decisions on issues ranging from planning and zoning to public safety and traffic control. The mayor oversees the operations of the city staff, appoints members to various boards and commissions, and serves as a liaison between the citizens and their government. On the state level, senate and house representatives are elected by residents in 97341 Depoe Bay to represent their interests in Salem. Lastly, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners is charged with creating county ordinances as well as providing oversight for many local services such as road maintenance and library operations. With these governing authorities in place, 97341 Depoe Bay remains a wonderful place to live where its citizens can have a voice in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 97341 (Depoe Bay, OR) is somewhat liberal.
Lincoln County, OR is moderately liberal. In Lincoln County, OR 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 40.6%.
Lincoln county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97341 (Depoe Bay, OR) is somewhat liberal.
Depoe Bay, Oregon is somewhat liberal.
Lincoln County, Oregon is moderately liberal.
Newport Metro Area is moderately 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.
Depoe Bay, 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 97341 (Depoe Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 362 contributions totaling $11,708 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $2,181 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)