Umatilla County is located in the eastern region of Oregon and is home to a diverse political landscape. With an estimated population of 76,000 residents, the county has numerous local politicians representing different views and ideas. At the local level, Umatilla County residents are represented by a five-member board of commissioners who oversee the county government's operations. The Umatilla County commissioners are elected by the public, making them accountable to their constituents for their decision-making. Additionally, two county court judges are elected by the people to serve six-year terms in Umatilla County courts. In addition to these locally elected officials, state and federal representatives also ensure that Umatilla County citizens have access to representation at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Umatilla County, OR is very conservative.
In Umatilla County, OR 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Umatilla county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.4% to 32.4%.
Umatilla county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Umatilla County, OR is very conservative.
Hermiston-Pendleton Metro Area is very 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.
Umatilla, 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 Umatilla County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,650 contributions totaling $103,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 781 contributions totaling $172,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)