Amity, Oregon is a small town located in the Willamette Valley. While the population of Amity is relatively small, it still plays an important role in local politics and governance. The town has a Mayor and City Council that lead the local government and make decisions on behalf of the residents. The Council consists of five elected members who serve two-year terms. Elections for the Mayor and City Council are held every two years in November and each candidate must be a resident of Amity or have owned property in Amity for at least one year prior to filing for candidacy. In addition, the town also has a Planning Commission which advises the City Council on topics such as land use planning, zoning regulations, and economic development initiatives. As a small community with strong ties to its history, Amity's citizens take an active role in their local politics by voting in elections and attending public meetings to express their views.
The political climate in Amity, OR is somewhat conservative.
Yamhill County, OR is leaning conservative. In Yamhill County, OR 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yamhill county remained Republican, 50.2% to 46.1%.
Yamhill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Amity, OR is somewhat conservative.
Yamhill County, Oregon is leaning conservative.
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 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.
Amity, 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 Amity, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $15,639 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $12,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)