Eugene, OR 97402 is the second largest city in Oregon and a major hub for politics in the state. In recent years, Eugene has seen a surge of political involvement from local residents, with numerous campaigns and demonstrations taking place throughout the city. The majority of political activity in 97402 Eugene centers around progressive issues like environmental protection, social justice reform, and economic equality. A number of candidates have run for various local offices in recent elections, representing both major political parties as well as independents or third party candidates. Many of these candidates have focused their platforms on issues like affordable housing, healthcare, racial equity and education reform. Though some may disagree on specifics, there is a consensus among most citizens that Eugene has become a politically active community that is eager to embrace progressive values.
The political climate in Zip 97402 (Eugene, OR) is moderately 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 97402 (Eugene, OR) is moderately liberal.
Eugene, Oregon is moderately 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.
Eugene, 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 97402 (Eugene)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,358 contributions totaling $208,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $36,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)