Winston, Oregon is a small town located in Douglas County. It has a population of about 1,000 people and is known for its close-knit community. Politically, Winston follows the general leaning of Oregon with the majority of the population being registered Democrats. The most recent mayoral election was won by incumbent Mayor Tom McGuire, who ran unopposed and was reelected to his third term. Local politics focus largely on issues such as infrastructure development, economic growth, and social services provision. Recently there has been increased focus on environmental protection and sustainability initiatives due to the town's proximity to an area of pristine natural beauty. This will likely be a major political issue for voters in the upcoming election cycle as well as other local issues that affect the everyday lives of citizens in Winston.
The political climate in Zip 97496 (Winston, 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 97496 (Winston, OR) is strongly conservative.
Winston, 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.
Winston, 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 97496 (Winston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 156 contributions totaling $6,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $4,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)