Deschutes County in Oregon is an area with a diverse political landscape. The county is represented in the state government by five representatives from both major parties, ensuring that all voices and views are heard. Additionally, many local initiatives are put forth in the county to ensure the preservation of its natural resources and quality of life for its residents. On the national level, Deschutes County also has several representatives from both major parties who can be counted on to voice their constituents' concerns. All of this helps to make Deschutes County a great place to live where citizens have a say in how it is governed.
The political climate in 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
Deschutes County, OR 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.
Deschutes, 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 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 Deschutes County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,637 contributions totaling $819,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,400 contributions totaling $417,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)