Gold Hill, OR is a small rural town located in southern Oregon. Politically, the town has traditionally been very conservative and pro-business. As such, there are a variety of different parties represented in the local government, including Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. The town is also served by two county commissioners who represent Gold Hill’s interests to the larger county government. Additionally, the city has an elected mayor who takes responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the city and serves a four-year term in office. On the state level, Gold Hill is represented by one state senator from each major party as well as several members of the Oregon House of Representatives. All of these political representatives work together to ensure that Gold Hill’s unique needs are met and that its citizens have a voice in both state and local issues.
The political climate in Gold Hill, 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
Gold Hill, 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.
Gold Hill, 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 Gold Hill, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 242 contributions totaling $10,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $3,828 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)