Lacomb, OR is a small town with a population of just over 1,200 people. It is located in Linn County and has a mayor-council form of government that provides local services to its citizens. The mayor and council members are elected by citizens living within the city limits to serve four year terms. Local elections take place every two years in November, and candidates must be at least 18 years old and registered voters of Lacomb to run for office. Community engagement is highly valued in Lacomb, as it helps to ensure that the needs of its residents are being taken into account when making important decisions regarding their community. Local issues such as zoning ordinances, taxes, infrastructure expenditures, and public safety are all discussed by the mayor and council during regularly scheduled meetings each month.
The political climate in Lacomb, OR is strongly conservative.
Linn County, OR is moderately conservative. In Linn County, OR 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 36.5%.
Linn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lacomb, OR is strongly conservative.
Linn County, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Albany-Lebanon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Lacomb, 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 Lacomb, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,982 contributions totaling $83,716 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 514 contributions totaling $67,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)