Halfway, Oregon is a small town located in the eastern part of the state. Politics in Halfway are largely focused on local and regional issues that affect residents. This includes areas such as education, infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. The local government consists of an elected mayor and city council members who strive to ensure that their constituents are well-represented in decisions that shaping the future of their community. Every four years, residents of Halfway also vote for representatives in the state legislature to help shape laws and policies at the state level. Local elections often feature debates on topics such as taxes and spending, environmental protection, and other important issues facing Halfway and its citizens.
The political climate in Halfway, OR is strongly conservative.
Baker County, OR is very conservative. In Baker County, OR 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 23.6%.
Baker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Halfway, OR is strongly conservative.
Baker County, Oregon is very 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.
Halfway, 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 Halfway, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $2,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)