Oakridge, Oregon is a small city located in Lane County. It has a strong sense of community and a rich history of involvement in local politics. Over the years, the citizens of Oakridge have consistently worked to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions that will shape the future of the city. Every election cycle, local candidates come forward to represent their views and tackle important issues like infrastructure improvements, public safety, education reform, and environmental protection. The city council holds regular meetings throughout the year where residents can meet with their representatives and discuss issues that are directly affecting them. By staying actively involved in politics, citizens of Oakridge are helping shape their city’s future every day.
The political climate in Oakridge, 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
Oakridge, 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.
Oakridge, 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 Oakridge, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91 contributions totaling $1,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $2,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)