Neskowin is a small beach community located in 97149 on the Oregon Coast. It is an unincorporated area with no official government body, but does have a local volunteer fire department. Despite its small size, Neskowin is an active and engaged community that cares about the issues important to its residents. The people of Neskowin come from diverse backgrounds and perspectives, and are passionate about making sure their voices are heard in local politics. From hosting town hall meetings to sending letters to state and national legislators, the people of Neskowin take political action whenever possible. While there may not be any local political candidates from Neskowin, the people of this small town are committed to speaking out on matters that pertain to their quality of life and advocating for necessary changes in order to ensure a better future for all.
The political climate in Zip 97149 (Neskowin, 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 97149 (Neskowin, OR) is leaning conservative.
Neskowin, 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.
Neskowin, 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 97149 (Neskowin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148 contributions totaling $2,907 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)