Durham, Oregon is a small community located in Lane County. Despite its small size, it has a vibrant local political atmosphere that actively engages citizens in the decisions that shape their town. Local issues like education funding and infrastructure development often draw passionate debates and discussions from the local population. Many of Durham’s residents are well-informed about local politics and regularly attend city council meetings to voice their opinions on important topics. The city also offers many opportunities for citizens to interact with their elected officials, such as town hall meetings and candidate forums where citizens can learn more about their local candidates and ask questions. Durham’s leaders are committed to listening to the voices of its constituents and working towards making informed decisions that will benefit all members of the community.
The political climate in Durham, OR is moderately liberal.
Washington County, OR is very liberal. In Washington County, OR 65.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.5% to 30.9%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Durham, OR is moderately liberal.
Washington County, Oregon is very liberal.
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.
Durham, 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 Durham, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,587 contributions totaling $166,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 497 contributions totaling $128,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)