The city of 97355 Lebanon, OR is a small town in Linn County located in the Willamette Valley. It has a charming and historic downtown area with many shops and restaurants. The city is served by the Lebanon City Council, which is made up of seven citizens elected at-large. The council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month to discuss issues that affect the community such as local infrastructure projects, business development initiatives, and budget appropriations. Residents are encouraged to attend these meetings to voice their opinions on important topics or voice support for proposed projects or initiatives. Due to its size, Lebanon does not have any major political candidates running for office but there are several initiatives that residents can become involved with in order to make sure their voices are heard by local government officials.
The political climate in Zip 97355 (Lebanon, OR) is moderately conservative.
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
Zip 97355 (Lebanon, OR) is moderately conservative.
Lebanon, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Linn County, Oregon 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.
Lebanon, 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 zip 97355 (Lebanon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 991 contributions totaling $41,858 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 257 contributions totaling $33,992 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)