Wallowa County is located in the northeast corner of Oregon. It is a largely rural county, with a population of about 7,000 people. The county is governed by an elected board of commissioners and is divided into four districts. The board meets biweekly to discuss policy decisions related to the county's finances, public safety, infrastructure, and other vital services. In addition to the board of commissioners, there are several local political leaders who represent various parts of the county in state government. These include two representatives in the Oregon House of Representatives and one state senator. Additionally, local mayors and city council members are elected in each municipality to represent their constituents at the local level. With such a small population size and rural landscape, politics in Wallowa County tend to be focused more on grassroots issues than any particular party agenda or ideology.
The political climate in Wallowa County, OR is very conservative.
In Wallowa County, OR 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wallowa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 31.6%.
Wallowa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wallowa 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.
Wallowa, 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 Wallowa County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 605 contributions totaling $67,358 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 179 contributions totaling $21,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)