Yamhill County, Oregon is a rapidly growing area of the Willamette Valley, located about an hour outside of Portland. Politically, Yamhill County leans slightly towards Democratic candidates and policies. In the 2016 General Election, Hillary Clinton carried the county with over 50% of the vote. The county currently has two representatives in the Oregon State House of Representatives, both Democrats. Additionally, at the federal level, the county is represented by Peter DeFazio in the U.S. House of Representatives and Jeff Merkley in the U.S. Senate; both are Democrats as well. Overall, Yamhill County is typically supportive of progressive policies and leaders at all levels of government.
The political climate in Yamhill County, OR is leaning conservative.
In Yamhill County, OR 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yamhill county remained Republican, 50.2% to 46.1%.
Yamhill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yamhill County, OR is leaning conservative.
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro Metro Area is strongly 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.
Yamhill, 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 Yamhill County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,242 contributions totaling $396,935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 829 contributions totaling $271,118 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)