The city of Medford, Oregon is an area with a rich political history. Located in the Jackson County, it is home to nearly 80,000 people and is a part of the Rogue Valley metropolitan area. Many local and national politics are visible in Medford, from the mayor and members of city council to members of state government and representatives for Oregon in Congress. The citizens of Medford have long been actively involved in their local government, discussing issues such as economic development, public safety initiatives, education reform, environmental protection and infrastructure improvements. Community meetings give residents the opportunity to voice their opinions on these topics. In addition to local elections being held every four years, local citizens can also participate in various referenda when proposed by city officials or special interest groups. 97501 Medford residents continue to take an active role in their political environment by voting, attending meetings or rallies related to current issues and engaging with others over social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.
The political climate in Zip 97501 (Medford, OR) is leaning conservative.
Jackson County, OR is leaning conservative. In Jackson County, OR 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained Republican, 50.2% to 46.8%.
Jackson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97501 (Medford, OR) is leaning conservative.
Medford, Oregon is leaning conservative.
Jackson County, Oregon is leaning conservative.
Medford Metro Area is leaning 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.
Medford, Oregon: R R d 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 97501 (Medford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,516 contributions totaling $196,135 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 341 contributions totaling $56,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)