Roseburg, OR is a small town in Douglas County with a population of 22,181 people. Politics in the area are handled by the local government, which is made up of city council members and a mayor. The mayor and city council members are elected by the people of Roseburg to serve the community and make decisions that affect their day-to-day lives. Every two years, residents vote for their favorite candidates to become part of the Roseburg City Council and Mayor's Office. The current Mayor is Bill Connolly, who was elected in 2020 and will continue to serve until 2022. The current city council members are Doug Smith, Sarah White, Richard Sandoval-Garcia, Debra Clarkson, Tom Schoenherr, Magen Barnes and Janea Danielson. These individuals work together to ensure the best for Roseburg and its citizens. They work diligently to improve community services while ensuring fiscal responsibility within the budget limits set by state laws. Through their efforts they strive to make Roseburg an even better place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 97471 (Roseburg, OR) is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, OR is very conservative. In Douglas County, OR 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 29.8%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97471 (Roseburg, OR) is strongly conservative.
Roseburg, Oregon is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, Oregon is very conservative.
Roseburg Metro Area is very 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.
Roseburg, 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 97471 (Roseburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,527 contributions totaling $124,978 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 447 contributions totaling $84,674 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)