Mount Vernon, OR is a small rural town in Oregon with an estimated population of around 500 people. Despite its small size, the citizens of Mount Vernon have had their fair share of political involvement throughout the years. The city is governed at the local level by a mayor and four council members elected to serve four-year terms. In addition to this governing body, citizens can voice their opinion on a variety of issues through initiatives, referendums, and citizen’s proposals that appear on ballots during elections. In recent years there have been several close races for mayor and council members as well as some heated debates on a number of topics including taxes and development projects. All in all, politics plays an important role in the lives of those living in Mount Vernon and helps shape the future of the town.
The political climate in Mount Vernon, OR is strongly conservative.
Grant County, OR is very conservative. In Grant County, OR 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 20.2%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Vernon, OR is strongly conservative.
Grant 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.
Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)