Josephine County is a rural county located in the southwest corner of Oregon. It has a population of approximately 82,000 people and incorporates many small towns and outlying rural areas. Politically, Josephine County is dominated by Republicans, with most local political offices held by Republican candidates. However, the county is often split on controversial issues such as taxation and the environment. In recent years, debates have been particularly heated regarding education initiatives and public safety operations. Despite their differences, all residents of Josephine County are committed to promoting growth and prosperity for their communities.
The political climate in 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
Josephine County, OR 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.
Josephine, 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 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 Josephine County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,174 contributions totaling $271,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,403 contributions totaling $231,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)