The small town of Lincoln Beach, Oregon, located in 97388, is a tight-knit community with a population of just over 1,000. Although the population is small, the town residents take politics very seriously and are passionate about their beliefs. Local political candidates running for office often make appearances at local events such as town meetings or other gatherings to discuss their platforms. Generally speaking, Lincoln Beach leans conservative politically with most of its voters being registered Republicans. In recent years though the demographics have shifted slightly towards more liberal candidates and issues that affect the entire community such as education and healthcare have become stronger topics of discussion amongst residents inside and outside of elections.
The political climate in Zip 97388 (Lincoln Beach, OR) is leaning 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 97388 (Lincoln Beach, OR) is leaning liberal.
Lincoln Beach, Oregon is leaning 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.
Lincoln Beach, 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 97388 (Lincoln Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 301 contributions totaling $9,039 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $3,778 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)