Donald, Oregon is a small town located in the Willamette Valley with a population of 623 people as of 2019. Despite its size, Donald has an active political community. Local citizens take part in shaping their community by engaging in political discussion and actively voting during election cycles. Donald has recently seen important local elections for city councilors, school board members, and other public officials that help to manage the town’s day-to-day operations and policies. Additionally, these elected officials also stay up to date on state and federal issues that could potentially affect the citizens of Donald through laws and regulations. As such, it is important for local residents to stay informed of the current political climate in order to be able to make an informed choice when voting for their representatives or on any proposals.
The political climate in Donald, OR is somewhat conservative.
Marion County, OR is leaning liberal. In Marion County, OR 48.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.9% to 47.7%.
Marion county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Donald, OR is somewhat conservative.
Marion County, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Salem Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Donald, Oregon: r r d r r d
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 Donald, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 682 contributions totaling $44,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $58,509 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)