The city of Aurora, Oregon is located in Marion County and is home to an estimated population of 872 people. It is a small rural community where the residents enjoy a quiet atmosphere and close knit relationships with their neighbors. Politics in the area are largely focused on local initiatives that improve the quality of life for citizens. This includes initiatives such as funding for public education, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, and economic development. Residents of Aurora have elected officials to represent them at the county level and state level as well. Additionally, Aurora has several volunteer organizations that are actively involved in advocating for their local concerns. These organizations help bring attention to issues that affect the residents of Aurora such as health care access, housing affordability, job opportunities, transportation needs, and more.
The political climate in Zip 97002 (Aurora, OR) is leaning conservative.
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 97002 (Aurora, OR) is leaning conservative.
Aurora, Oregon is leaning conservative.
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.
Aurora, 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 97002 (Aurora)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 620 contributions totaling $43,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $20,629 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)