Gilliam County is located in the mid-Oregon region and includes the city of Condon. It is governed by a three-member Board of County Commissioners, who represent the county in various state and federal meetings. Elections for county commissioners are held every two years, and seats are filled based on the general election results. The county is also served by 8 elected justices of the peace who serve four-year terms. Additionally, Gilliam County has an active local political scene with many organizations advocating for particular causes or policies within the community. These include everything from environmental protection to education reform, with most organizations based around Condon itself. With a small population but plenty of passionate individuals and communities behind their respective causes, Gilliam County has become an important part of Oregon's political landscape.
The political climate in Gilliam County, OR is very conservative.
In Gilliam County, OR 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilliam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.5%.
Gilliam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gilliam County, OR is very conservative.
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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.
Gilliam, Oregon: R R R 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 Gilliam County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $4,243 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)