Falls City, Oregon is a small rural town in the northwest corner of the state. It has a long history of being politically active and engaged. The city is represented by two members at the state level – one in the Oregon House of Representatives and one in the Oregon Senate. The city also elects four members to the Falls City City Council, who have responsibility for local laws and regulations, as well as budgeting and other fiscal matters. On a national level, Falls City is part of Oregon's second congressional district which is currently represented by Democrat Earl Blumenauer. Locally, there are many civic organizations that advocate for issues important to Falls City residents, such as education, infrastructure improvements and economic development. In addition to regular elections, there are often referendums and initiatives on various topics put forth by these organizations or individual citizens that give local residents an opportunity to shape their community’s future.
The political climate in Falls City, OR is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, OR is leaning conservative. In Polk County, OR 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained narrowly Republican, 49.1% to 47.5%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Falls City, OR is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, Oregon is leaning conservative.
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.
Falls City, 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 Falls City, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,609 contributions totaling $50,201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 608 contributions totaling $84,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)