La Grande, Oregon is a small city located in Union County. It is the county seat of Union County and is home to around 13,000 people. Politically, La Grande has long been dominated by the Democratic Party. In recent years, there have been a few Republican candidates who have run in local elections. However, Democrats have generally held the majority of offices in La Grande and continue to hold them today with strong support from the local community. The Democratic Party has a strong presence in La Grande due to its commitment to an inclusive government that puts the needs of all citizens first. This commitment has resulted in an active political landscape that emphasizes collaboration between all stakeholders and finding common ground on important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Zip 97850 (La Grande, OR) is strongly conservative.
Union County, OR is very conservative. In Union County, OR 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 28.5%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97850 (La Grande, OR) is strongly conservative.
La Grande, Oregon is strongly conservative.
Union County, Oregon is very conservative.
La Grande Metro Area is very 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.
La Grande, 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 97850 (La Grande)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 896 contributions totaling $49,823 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 230 contributions totaling $29,318 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)