Grants Pass, Oregon is a small and vibrant city with a population of around 35,000 people. It is the county seat of Josephine County and is located in the beautiful Rogue Valley in southern Oregon. Politically, Grants Pass is primarily represented by Republican candidates at the local, state, and federal levels. The current mayor is John Jurisich and he is supported by two city council members, Ray Gomes and Stephanie Von Neida. These three individuals make up the city's governing body and are responsible for creating the laws that govern Grants Pass. Additionally, Grant's Pass residents are represented in the Oregon Legislature by State Senator Jeff Golden as well as Representatives Lynn Findley and Carl Wilson. On a national level, Congressman Greg Walden represents Grants Pass in Congress. All of these politicians strive to ensure that Grants Pass has a prosperous future through responsible policy making which supports economic growth while maintaining quality public services for its citizens.
The political climate in Grants Pass, OR is somewhat conservative.
Josephine County, OR is strongly conservative. In Josephine County, OR 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Josephine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.5% to 35.7%.
Josephine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grants Pass, OR is somewhat conservative.
Josephine County, Oregon is strongly conservative.
Grants Pass Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Grants Pass, Oregon: R R R R 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Grants Pass, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,710 contributions totaling $143,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,103 contributions totaling $179,428 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)