The city of Newport, OR (97365) is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Dean Sawyer, who was elected in 2018. He is supported by the five-member Newport City Council, which consists of Councilors Richard Benton, David Allen, Deborah Laney, Don Whitaker and Lauri Trueblood. Each member serves four-year terms with elections being held every two years. The council works together to set policy that will help the citizens of Newport enjoy a high quality of life and successfully manage their local government affairs. The Mayor and City Council strive to promote economic growth and development throughout the city while also ensuring that basic services are provided in a cost effective manner. They strive to have an open dialogue with the community to ensure that residents’ voices are heard and their concerns addressed.
The political climate in Zip 97365 (Newport, 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 97365 (Newport, OR) is somewhat liberal.
Newport, 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.
Newport, 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 97365 (Newport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,137 contributions totaling $67,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $23,936 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)