Wasco County, located in the state of Oregon, is an area rich with political activity. The county is home to a variety of politicians from both the Democratic and Republican parties who are working hard to make their county a better place. Local politicians regularly attend town hall meetings and hold public discussions on issues affecting Wasco County. The county also houses several local-level campaign offices, providing residents with access to their local government representatives. Each year, Wasco County elects its sheriff and other elected officials, as well as members of Oregon's state legislature. In addition, residents also have the opportunity to vote for presidential candidates on election day every four years. All of these factors contribute to making Wasco an important political center for Oregon’s population.
The political climate in Wasco County, OR is leaning conservative.
In Wasco County, OR 46.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wasco county remained Republican, 49.8% to 46.7%.
Wasco county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wasco County, OR is leaning conservative.
The Dalles 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.
Wasco, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Wasco County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,752 contributions totaling $172,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $49,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)