Three Rivers, Oregon is a small rural city located in the heart of the Willamette Valley. The city has an estimated population of about 5,000 people and is known for its natural beauty and outdoor recreation. Politically, Three Rivers leans slightly to the left, with most of its residents having liberal views on social issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion rights. The city is currently represented at the state level by Democratic Party representatives Tim Knopp and Paul Evans in both the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon State Senate respectively. At the county level, Three Rivers is served by Republican Commissioner Bill Smith. Overall, Three Rivers citizens are engaged in politics at all levels with local elections being hotly contested each election cycle.
The political climate in Three Rivers, OR is leaning conservative.
Deschutes County, OR is somewhat liberal. In Deschutes County, OR 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Deschutes county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 44.4%.
Deschutes county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Three Rivers, OR is leaning conservative.
Deschutes County, Oregon is somewhat liberal.
Bend Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Three Rivers, Oregon: R R r r r 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 Three Rivers, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,129 contributions totaling $80,860 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $24,976 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)