97301 Salem, OR is home to a diverse population of people from many different backgrounds and cultures. The local political landscape is shaped by leaders across the city who share a common vision for its future. These elected officials work together to create policies that ensure the city’s continued safety, growth, and prosperity. This includes levying taxes and creating financial incentives for businesses to move into the area and providing social services for those in need. Local politicians are also tasked with maintaining the city’s infrastructure, with projects such as road repairs and public transportation upgrades helping to improve quality of life for everyone living in Salem. Through their collaborative efforts, these leaders have created a more secure environment and improved opportunities for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 97301 (Salem, OR) is leaning liberal.
Marion County, OR is leaning liberal. In Marion County, OR 48.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.9% to 47.7%.
Marion county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97301 (Salem, OR) is leaning liberal.
Salem, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Marion County, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Salem Metro Area is leaning 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.
Salem, Oregon: r r d r r d
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 97301 (Salem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,126 contributions totaling $104,682 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 230 contributions totaling $25,874 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)