Keizer, OR, located in Marion County, is a small city of nearly 37,000 people. It is situated in the Willamette Valley and is governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor of Keizer is Cathy Clark and she was elected in 2018. In addition to the mayor, there are seven councilors who make up the Keizer City Council. The councilors are responsible for setting policies and budgets for various municipal departments such as parks and recreation, public safety, public works and utilities. They also collaborate with other government entities like the school district to ensure that Keizer residents receive high quality services. On the state level, Keizer is represented by Senator Kim Thatcher (R-Keizer) who serves on several committees, including Ways and Means. At the federal level, Representative Paul Evans (D-Monmouth) serves the 97303 zip code in Keizer as part of Oregon's 5th congressional district.
The political climate in Zip 97303 (Keizer, OR) is leaning liberal.
Marion County, OR is leaning liberal. In Marion County, OR 48.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.9% to 47.7%.
Marion county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97303 (Keizer, OR) is leaning liberal.
Keizer, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Marion County, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Salem Metro Area is leaning 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.
Keizer, Oregon: r r d r r 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 97303 (Keizer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,210 contributions totaling $55,798 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 242 contributions totaling $29,822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)