Wolf Creek, OR is a small city located in Lane County. Despite its small size, the 97497 zip code has an active political landscape. The city of Wolf Creek is a nonpartisan town, meaning that the local government and politics are non-partisan. To serve the residents of Wolf Creek the mayor and four council members are elected by popular vote to serve on the City Council. A variety of local issues are addressed in the City Council meetings such as infrastructure development, public safety, economic development and community engagement initiatives. With an engaged citizenry, Wolf Creek remains a vibrant and thriving community.
The political climate in Zip 97497 (Wolf Creek, OR) is strongly 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
Zip 97497 (Wolf Creek, OR) is strongly conservative.
Wolf Creek, Oregon is strongly 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.
Wolf Creek, 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 97497 (Wolf Creek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,341 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)