Kimberly, OR is a small town with a population of just over 1,500 people. The local government is managed by a mayor and city council, who are all elected by the citizens of the town. The current mayor is Joe Wilson, who was elected to his third term in 2020. He and the city council work to ensure that Kimberly has well-maintained roads, services such as police officers and firefighters, and other amenities like parks and libraries. In addition to governing Kimberly’s daily life, the mayor and city council also handle local political issues such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure development projects, and land use regulations. This past election season saw several candidates running for office in Kimberly; however Mayor Wilson was reelected to another term due to his track record of success in managing the town’s growth and development while keeping its traditional values intact.
The political climate in Zip 97848 (Kimberly, OR) is strongly conservative.
Grant County, OR is very conservative. In Grant County, OR 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 20.2%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97848 (Kimberly, OR) is strongly conservative.
Kimberly, Oregon is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Oregon is very 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.
Kimberly, 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 97848 (Kimberly)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $157,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3,348 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $3,558 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)