Creswell, Oregon is a small city in Lane County with a population of approximately 6,400 people. The city is governed by a five-member city council that works together to make decisions and develop policies that benefit the community. One of the members of this city council is the mayor who leads meetings and acts as a spokesperson for the community. Creswell also includes two state representatives from the Democratic Party, one state senator from the Republican Party, and one member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 4th district. All of these elected officials work hard to ensure Creswell continues to be a safe and prosperous place to live for all its citizens. Additionally, many local organizations such as civic leagues, neighborhood associations, and PTAs are actively involved in helping shape Creswell's political landscape by providing feedback on issues such as public safety, education reform, infrastructure improvements and environmental protection.
The political climate in Creswell, OR is leaning 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
Creswell, OR is leaning 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.
Creswell, 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 Creswell, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 620 contributions totaling $65,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $6,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)