The 97101 Amity area is located in the state of Oregon and is home to a variety of people from all walks of life. Despite its small population size, politics are an important topic of conversation within the community. Politicians who represent the residents in this area come from different political backgrounds and are ready to address issues that affect the local economy, education, healthcare, environmental protection, and workforce development. The city council meetings are open to the public and often feature speakers from both sides of the political spectrum advocating for their respective causes. With so many candidates vying for office each election cycle, it is not uncommon to see heated debates between opponents on various topics concerning Amity's future.
The political climate in Zip 97101 (Amity, OR) is somewhat conservative.
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
Zip 97101 (Amity, OR) is somewhat conservative.
Amity, Oregon is somewhat conservative.
Yamhill County, Oregon 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.
Amity, 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 97101 (Amity)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $15,639 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $12,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)