Peoria, Oregon is a small, rural community located in Marion County. It is governed by the Peoria City Council which is composed of five elected officials who serve four-year terms. The city council meets regularly to discuss the needs of the community and to make decisions about city laws and policies. These meetings are open to the public and provide an opportunity for residents to voice their thoughts and concerns on current issues. In addition to the city council, there are various boards and committees that work with the council to ensure good governance in Peoria. These include planning commissions, zoning boards, and other citizen advisory groups.
The citizens of Peoria take pride in their local government and strive to keep up with all relevant political developments in Marion County. They are actively involved in local elections, participating in debates and developing informed opinions on each candidate’s platform. Residents have a variety of options when it comes to engaging in politics at the local level; they can attend city council meetings, join political action committees, or volunteer on a campaign. Overall, politics plays an important role within Peoria’s community life as people work together towards common goals for their community’s future growth and development..
The political climate in Peoria, OR is strongly conservative.
Linn County, OR is moderately conservative. In Linn County, OR 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 36.5%.
Linn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Peoria, OR is strongly conservative.
Linn County, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Albany-Lebanon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Peoria, 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 Peoria, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $4,091 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $5,351 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)