Tidewater, Oregon is a small rural community located in 97390. The politics of Tidewater are centered around its commitment to the preservation of its environment and the maintenance of a safe and secure living space for its residents. The Town Council and Mayor work together in order to provide the best possible services for its citizens. They focus on the development of local parks and public areas, enhancing infrastructure, supporting local businesses, expanding health care services, and providing services that support education and economic development. Additionally, they strive to increase diversity within the community by creating more opportunities for all members of society. Despite its small population size, Tidewater is an active participant in local politics and takes pride in their efforts to ensure that their voice is heard in state-level decision making.
The political climate in Zip 97390 (Tidewater, 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 97390 (Tidewater, OR) is leaning liberal.
Tidewater, 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.
Tidewater, 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 97390 (Tidewater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 300 contributions totaling $5,210 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)