Silverton, Oregon is a small city located in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon. It is home to a diverse population of around 10,000 people who enjoy its historic downtown and lush green landscape. The city has a rich history and local politics are important to ensure the continued prosperity of the area. Silverton is part of Marion County and its mayor, Doug Rooker, is committed to preserving the community’s heritage while helping to foster economic development. In addition to Mayor Rooker's leadership, Silverton also has a City Council that meets regularly to address important issues affecting the community. Residents have numerous opportunities for civic engagement from attending City Council meetings and speaking up on various issues to voting in local elections. Through their active involvement in politics, citizens are able to make their voices heard and help shape their community for the better.
The political climate in Silverton, OR is leaning conservative.
Marion County, OR is leaning liberal. In Marion County, OR 48.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.9% to 47.7%.
Marion county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silverton, OR is leaning conservative.
Marion County, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Salem Metro Area is leaning 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.
Silverton, Oregon: r r d r r 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 Silverton, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 917 contributions totaling $50,871 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 196 contributions totaling $30,234 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)