Junction City is a small town in Oregon with a population of 5,637 people. Although it may be small in size, the city has a vibrant political life and citizens are passionate about the issues that affect them. The City Council meets regularly to discuss local policies and matters of importance to the community. Residents have the opportunity to participate in various forms of civic engagement, from attending public forums and community meetings to voicing their opinion on initiatives and upcoming elections. Local politicians regularly come into town for debates on hot topics such as education, healthcare, immigration, and other relevant issues. Junction City is also home to several political action groups which work to ensure that the voices of its citizens are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Junction City, OR is somewhat liberal.
Lane County, OR is strongly liberal. In Lane County, OR 60.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.5% to 36.1%.
Lane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Junction City, OR is somewhat liberal.
Lane County, Oregon is strongly liberal.
Eugene-Springfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Junction City, Oregon: D D D D D 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 Junction City, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $7,862 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $14,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)