Damascus, OR Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Damascus

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Damascus leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.

 

About 86% of adults in Damascus typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Damascus, ~40% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Damascus compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Damascus leans more Republican than 49 of 84 neighbors.

Damascus runs about 21 points more Republican than Oregon as a whole. Oregon leans Democratic overall, while Damascus is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Damascus. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (Even) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+19), a spread of about 20 points.

Why Damascus leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Damascus, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Damascus votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 52%, well above the Oregon average of 31%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Damascus are family households, above 88% of cities. Damascus runs against the grain of Oregon, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Damascus, OR sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Damascus looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Damascus is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Damascus have completed high school, above 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.