The small city of Oceanside, OR (zip code 97134) is located on the Oregon Coast in Tillamook County. It is a largely rural community with a population of approximately 550 residents. The city has a mayor-council form of government and is led by Mayor Bob Toles. The City Council consists of four members who are elected at-large in staggered 4-year terms. They focus their efforts on providing services to the local community such as water and sewer services, law enforcement, street maintenance, parks and recreation, and garbage collection. Additionally, the City Council works to create policies that will encourage economic growth in the area and ensure that Oceanside remains an attractive place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 97134 (Oceanside, OR) is leaning conservative.
Tillamook County, OR is leaning conservative. In Tillamook County, OR 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tillamook county remained narrowly Republican, 49.5% to 47.8%.
Tillamook county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97134 (Oceanside, OR) is leaning conservative.
Oceanside, Oregon is leaning conservative.
Tillamook County, Oregon is leaning conservative.
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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.
Oceanside, Oregon: r r d d 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 97134 (Oceanside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $5,065 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $460 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $13,075 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $654 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)