The Hermiston-Pendleton, OR Metro Area is part of the larger Umatilla County and contains many small towns and communities that are represented by local government officials. In the Umatilla County government, citizens elect members to represent their interests in the county commission. There are seven members on the commission who work together to provide necessary services for the county's residents, such as law enforcement, road maintenance and infrastructure development. At a state level, Oregon senators and representatives serve to represent constituents in Hermiston-Pendleton as part of their respective legislative districts. On a federal level, representatives from Oregon send delegates to Congress to voice concerns of constituents from this area. Active participation in local politics helps ensure that everyone in this region has a voice and can have their needs met by elected officials.
The political climate in Hermiston-Pendleton Metro Area is very conservative.
In Hermiston-Pendleton Metro Area 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Hermiston-Pendleton metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 31.7%.
The Hermiston-Pendleton metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Hermiston-Pendleton, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Hermiston-Pendleton Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,687 contributions totaling $104,907 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 943 contributions totaling $194,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)