Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic53.4%706TrumpRepublican44.3%586OtherAll other candidates2.3%31
D+9.1
Lead
120
Total
1,323
vs nation
D+10.5
BidenDemocratic51.2%675TrumpRepublican46.1%608OtherAll other candidates2.7%36
D+5.1
Lead
67
Total
1,319
vs nation
D+0.6
ClintonDemocratic43.9%481TrumpRepublican47.7%522OtherAll other candidates8.4%92
R+3.7
Lead
41
Total
1,095
vs nation
R+5.8
ObamaDemocratic50.0%458RomneyRepublican46.1%422OtherAll other candidates3.9%36
D+3.9
Lead
36
Total
916
vs nation
D+0.1
ObamaDemocratic53.0%517McCainRepublican44.8%437OtherAll other candidates2.2%21
D+8.2
Lead
80
Total
975
vs nation
D+0.9
KerryDemocratic47.9%491BushRepublican50.3%516OtherAll other candidates1.8%18
R+2.4
Lead
25
Total
1,025
vs nation
Even
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+9.1MIT Election Lab
Population
2,6512024 5-year
Population density
1,060 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
2.5 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$79,9382024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
92.7%2024 5-year
Black
0.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+9.1 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+3.7 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2020–20243 cycles · 3 audited
2024 turnout
55.1%1,339 participants ÷ 2,429 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+28.0 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+12.9 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
27.1%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%100%
56.1%
202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,339
2,429 ± 347
55.1%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,116
1,989 ± 307
56.1%
Audited
E/D
1,328
1,579 ± 270
84.1%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
presidential history
Party record book
Heceta Beach, OR · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
53.4%
706 votes · D+9.1
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 53.0%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
50.3%
516 votes · R+2.4
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 47.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
706votes
53.4% of the vote · D+9.1
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 675 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
608votes
46.1% of the vote · D+5.1
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 586 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+10.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+9.1 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +0.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+5.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+3.7 · U.S. D+2.1
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 0.0 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Heceta Beach · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Lane County, Oregon, the county containing Heceta Beach — Heceta Beach’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Heceta Beach, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Heceta Beach sits in the Pacific Northwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 9.1 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 3.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.1 points.
A population of 2,651, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,938 describe the city.
In 2024, Heceta Beach, Oregon voted Democratic by 9.1 points (D+9.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,323 votes cast, 706 went Democratic and 586 went Republican.
When did Heceta Beach, Oregon last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Heceta Beach, Oregon voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Heceta Beach, Oregon?
Heceta Beach, Oregon has a population of 2,651 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Heceta Beach, Oregon?
Median household income in Heceta Beach, Oregon is $79,938 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Heceta Beach, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Heceta Beach, Oregon from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.
