The small rural community of Camp Sherman, OR is home to just over 200 people. It is a tight-knit community that supports its local businesses and values their natural environment. Politically, the area has always been fairly conservative, with most residents supporting fiscally responsible policies and socially conservative values. The local government consists of a county commission that works to provide services to the residents in the area and to ensure that all laws are followed. The county also plays an important role in policy making and decision making for issues that affect Camp Sherman and surrounding communities. In terms of political candidates, the area has typically gone Republican in recent elections however some have chosen Democratic candidates as well. With so few residents, each vote carries more weight than it would in larger towns and cities.
The political climate in Zip 97730 (Camp Sherman, OR) is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, OR is moderately conservative. In Jefferson County, OR 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 36.9%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97730 (Camp Sherman, OR) is moderately conservative.
Camp Sherman, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, Oregon is moderately conservative.
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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.
Camp Sherman, 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 97730 (Camp Sherman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 546 contributions totaling $21,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)