Culver, Oregon is a small town located in the center of the state with a population of about 2,000 people. It is a mostly rural area and is governed by the Culver City Council. The City Council consists of five members, elected to four-year terms by the citizens of Culver. All council meetings are open to the public and held at Culver City Hall which is located on Main Street. Each meeting focuses on local issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and other topics important to the community. They also discuss ways to improve the quality of life for all citizens living in Culver by creating and maintaining a healthy environment for future generations. The political atmosphere in Culver tends to be centered around consensus building and working together as a cohesive unit in order to make sure that everyone’s needs are being met. The city works hard at keeping taxes low while still providing essential services like police protection, fire protection, and city maintenance.
The political climate in Zip 97734 (Culver, 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 97734 (Culver, OR) is moderately conservative.
Culver, 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.
Culver, 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 97734 (Culver)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $2,138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $3,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)