The city of Veneta, Oregon is a small rural community with a population of approximately 2,500 people. It is located in Lane County and has a mayor-council form of government, which consists of a mayor and five councilors elected by the citizens. The current mayor of Veneta is Peggy Hill and the city councilors are Elmer Waldron, Eric Schwab, Dawn Johnson, Leighton Nollner, and David Pelter. Veneta has an active local political environment with several civic organizations such as the Veneta Area Chamber of Commerce and the Veneta Economic Development Association helping to maintain its economy. The people of Veneta elect their representatives to state offices in Salem such as governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer and commissioner of labor and industry. In addition to these offices, people are also elected to serve on county boards such as school boards and water boards as well as holding other important positions within the community. Local politics in Veneta focuses on issues that affect the lives of its citizens including economic growth, healthcare access, education funding and infrastructure development.
The political climate in Veneta, OR is leaning liberal.
Lane County, OR is strongly liberal. In Lane County, OR 60.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.5% to 36.1%.
Lane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Veneta, OR is leaning liberal.
Lane County, Oregon is strongly liberal.
Eugene-Springfield 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.
Veneta, 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 Veneta, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,314 contributions totaling $67,505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 162 contributions totaling $24,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)