The small town of Kerby, OR is located in Josephine County and has a population of approximately 500 people. This rural town is not heavily populated or involved in the world of politics, but it still plays an important role in local and state politics. The city is represented by the Josephine County Commissioners, who make decisions that directly impact the citizens of Kerby. On a state level, Kerby falls under Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District which is currently represented by Democrat Kurt Schrader. While there are no current political candidates from Kerby running in any races, citizens have an active voice in their representation through the voting process. By exercising their right to vote, residents can show their support for political candidates and issues that they believe will best serve their community.
The political climate in Zip 97531 (Kerby, OR) is moderately conservative.
Josephine County, OR is strongly conservative. In Josephine County, OR 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Josephine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.5% to 35.7%.
Josephine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97531 (Kerby, OR) is moderately conservative.
Kerby, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Josephine County, Oregon is strongly conservative.
Grants Pass Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Kerby, 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 97531 (Kerby)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,350 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)