Arlington, Oregon is a small rural community located in 97812. It has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere with a focus on local businesses and agriculture. At the center of its politics is the Arlington City Council which consists of seven members who are elected at-large and serve four-year terms. The City Council serves as Arlington’s legislative body, passing ordinances, resolutions, and motions while managing the city’s budget. They also appoint city staff and oversee public utilities. The Mayor of Arlington is selected by the council from among its members for a two-year term and serves as the ceremonial head of government. Elections for office take place every two years and often feature debates between local candidates over issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education funding, public safety, and quality of life in Arlington.
The political climate in Zip 97812 (Arlington, OR) is very conservative.
Gilliam County, OR is very conservative. In Gilliam County, OR 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilliam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.5%.
Gilliam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97812 (Arlington, OR) is very conservative.
Arlington, Oregon is very conservative.
Gilliam County, Oregon is very conservative.
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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.
Arlington, 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 zip 97812 (Arlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $574 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)