Butte Falls is a small town located in southern Oregon, near the Cascade Mountains. Politics in Butte Falls are focused on local issues that affect the town and its citizens. Many of these issues include roads, public safety, and economic development. The City Council meets regularly to discuss the needs of the community and how to best address them. Local elections are held every two years, when voters elect a Mayor and four Councilors who oversee the operations of the city government. Candidates for office must be residents of Butte Falls and have an interest in improving their community. Each elected official works hard to ensure that all citizens’ voices are heard in local politics and that Butte Falls remains a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Butte Falls, OR is somewhat 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
Butte Falls, OR is somewhat 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.
Butte Falls, 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 Butte Falls, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 410 contributions totaling $46,455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $18,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)