The small town of Creswell, Oregon (97426) is home to a close-knit community of just over 5,700 people. Creswell boasts a tight-knit political community with city officials who are dedicated to making sure their constituents’ voices are heard. The current Mayor is Robert Van Vactor, who was appointed in 2018 and is the President of the Creswell City Council. He works with two council members – Julie Brown and Max Anderson – to ensure that all aspects of life in Creswell are taken into consideration when it comes to local decision-making. The city government places an emphasis on public input and encourages citizens to be involved in local politics by attending council meetings and voicing their opinions via public comment. There are also various committees and commissions where citizens can serve as volunteers and provide valuable feedback on upcoming projects. All in all, the city of Creswell takes pride in its political involvement and strives to make decisions that will benefit everyone living in the area for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 97426 (Creswell, OR) is somewhat liberal.
Lane County, OR is strongly liberal. In Lane County, OR 60.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.5% to 36.1%.
Lane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97426 (Creswell, OR) is somewhat liberal.
Creswell, Oregon is somewhat liberal.
Lane County, Oregon is strongly liberal.
Eugene-Springfield 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.
Creswell, Oregon: D D D D D 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 97426 (Creswell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 620 contributions totaling $65,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $6,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)