Turner, OR is a small city located in Marion County and is home to approximately 1,700 residents. The city is governed by an elected mayor and four council members who serve four-year terms. Through the local government, Turner residents have access to essential services such as police protection, water and sewer services, road maintenance, street lighting, parks and recreation programs, public libraries, and garbage collection. Summit School District serves the educational needs of Turner residents with two elementary schools and one middle school in the area. Local politics in Turner are relatively quiet compared to larger cities. Elections are usually uncontested since there are few candidates running for each office. Most of the political issues revolve around budgeting for municipal services such as fire protection or improving infrastructure. Residents also make their voices heard on matters related to land use regulation or zoning ordinances that can have an impact on their quality of life.
The political climate in Turner, OR is leaning conservative.
Marion County, OR is leaning liberal. In Marion County, OR 48.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.9% to 47.7%.
Marion county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Turner, OR is leaning conservative.
Marion County, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Salem Metro Area is leaning 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.
Turner, Oregon: r r d 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 Turner, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $10,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $12,587 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)