Richland, OR is a small town with a population of about 1,700 people. The town is part of the larger county and has its own local politics. Richland elects representatives to the county offices who work together to manage the town's resources and issues. Local politicians are actively involved in the community and focus on engaging citizens to ensure that their voices are heard on matters that affect the town. They also work hard for economic growth and development, ensuring that businesses have access to the resources they need in order to thrive. With an active political landscape, Richland enjoys many benefits from having such dedicated representatives at both local and state levels.
The political climate in Richland, 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
Richland, 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.
Richland, 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 Richland, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $1,646 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)