Phoenix, Oregon is situated in Jackson County and is home to about 4,500 people. The city of Phoenix is run by a five-member council that meets regularly to discuss and vote on various issues facing the community. Currently, the mayor is Tom Cox and the four council members are Dan Lucas, Steve Hommel, Kimberly Pullen-Miles, and Kristina Roegner. This group works to ensure that Phoenix remains a pleasant place to live by providing services such as municipal water systems, waste management services, planning for future development projects and maintaining public safety. Every two years residents have the opportunity to elect new members of the council in order to maintain a government that best represents their interests. In addition, Phoenix has a variety of other elected officials who help support the city’s growth including school board members, county commissioners, state representatives and senators. Through effective leadership and management these individuals are able to make sure that Phoenix is an enjoyable place to live with plenty of opportunities for recreation and economic growth.
The political climate in Phoenix, OR is leaning conservative.
Jackson County, OR is leaning conservative. In Jackson County, OR 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained Republican, 50.2% to 46.8%.
Jackson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Phoenix, OR is leaning conservative.
Jackson County, Oregon is leaning conservative.
Medford Metro Area is leaning 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.
Phoenix, Oregon: R R d 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 Phoenix, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,662 contributions totaling $234,411 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 421 contributions totaling $60,112 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)