Netarts leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% Republican.
About 90% of adults in Netarts typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Netarts, ~47% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Netarts compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Netarts leans more Democratic than 15 of 21 neighbors.
Netarts runs about 9 points more Republican than Oregon as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Netarts. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+17) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+3), a spread of about 20 points.
Why Netarts 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 Netarts, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 34% of adults in Netarts hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Netarts, OR sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Netarts looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Netarts 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Netarts have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Oceanside, OR D+16
- Tillamook, OR R+18
- Hathaway Mead, OR R+23
- Bay City, OR R+9
- Sandlake, OR R+24
- Woods, OR R+26
- Garibaldi, OR Even
- Oretown, OR R+24
- Rockaway Beach, OR R+4
Cities with Similar Populations
- Central City, CO D+10
- Derby Center, VT R+2
- Gilcrest, CO R+56
- Fort Harrison, MT R+15
- Vaudreuil, WI D+26
- Barlow, KY R+65
- Tanner Williams, AL R+84
- Avon, IL R+44
- Howland, ME R+39
- Rion, SC D+21
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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.