The small city of Florence, OR, located in 97439 zip code, is an area steeped in history and politics. The local government consists of a mayor and four city council members who are elected by the citizens. The current Mayor is Joe Henry and the Council Members are Ben Elliott, Keith Salsman, Cheryl Perry, and Donna Harlow. Together they work to enact policy that will benefit the city’s residents. Recently they have been focusing on creating more jobs for residents as well as improving public services such as libraries and parks. They also strive to ensure public safety by working with law enforcement agencies to keep the streets safe and drug free. Additionally they are committed to preserving Florence’s rich history by funding educational classes about local heritage. In this way Florence’s local politics ensure that its citizens are taken care of while celebrating its unique character at the same time.
The political climate in Zip 97439 (Florence, 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 97439 (Florence, OR) is somewhat liberal.
Florence, 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.
Florence, 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 97439 (Florence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,091 contributions totaling $109,367 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $18,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)