Linn County, Oregon is a rural county located in the mid-Willamette Valley. The county has a strong tradition of participatory politics and civic engagement. Local politics are largely focused on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvement, and environmental protection. There are numerous elected offices in the county, including state representatives, county commissioners, school board members, and mayors. Each of these offices is responsible for representing the people of Linn County and advocating on their behalf at all levels of government. Elections in Linn County are competitive and typically feature multiple candidates from both major political parties vying for office. In addition to voting for their preferred candidates, citizens of Linn County also take an active role in shaping local policies through citizen meetings and referendums. Ultimately, this encourages public input into policy decisions that affect the whole community.
The political climate in Linn County, OR is moderately conservative.
In Linn County, OR 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 36.5%.
Linn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Linn County, OR is moderately conservative.
Albany-Lebanon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Linn, 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 Linn County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,333 contributions totaling $233,495 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,256 contributions totaling $275,372 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)