Lincoln City, OR is a small town located in the beautiful Oregon Coast, with a population of 7,930 according to 2019 data. It has a popular tourist economy due to its stunning coastline and numerous attractions. Politically, Lincoln City is home to many different elected officials that serve at the local and state levels. These officials are responsible for making decisions on all of the city’s issues and policies. Some of these include things like zoning regulations, public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development projects and more. The current Mayor of Lincoln City is Dick Anderson and he has been serving since 2018. In addition to the Mayor, there are seven other elected members that serve on the City Council. Together they work hard to make sure that Lincoln City is running efficiently and safely for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 97367 (Lincoln City, 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 97367 (Lincoln City, OR) is somewhat liberal.
Lincoln City, 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.
Lincoln City, 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 97367 (Lincoln City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 730 contributions totaling $31,026 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $24,035 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)