Seal Rock, OR 97376 is a small city located on the Oregon Coast. Although it has a small population, its political landscape remains active and vibrant. The city is served by several local government officials who are elected to serve the community by advocating for important issues and initiatives in the area. The local government consists of an elected mayor and four city council members, all of whom work together to ensure that the needs of Seal Rock's citizens are met. Additionally, Seal Rock is also represented in the Oregon State Legislature by one senator and two representatives who serve in both chambers. These state representatives work closely with community leaders to ensure that Seal Rock's interests are well-represented at the state level.
The political climate in Zip 97376 (Seal Rock, 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 97376 (Seal Rock, OR) is leaning liberal.
Seal Rock, 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.
Seal Rock, 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 97376 (Seal Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 317 contributions totaling $16,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,935 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)