Powell Butte, OR is a small rural town located in central Oregon. With just over 900 residents, the politics of the town are reflective of its small size. The town is represented by state government officials such as State Representatives Knute Buehler and Greg Smith. At the local level, Powell Butte has no political candidates running for office. However, various issues such as land use and water rights are still hotly debated throughout the community with some members advocating for more economic development and others wanting to maintain the small-town feel of Powell Butte. Despite its lack of local political candidates, Powell Butte residents have been fully engaged in state-level politics for decades now and continue to be actively involved in voicing their opinions on important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Zip 97753 (Powell Butte, OR) is very conservative.
Crook County, OR is very conservative. In Crook County, OR 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.6%.
Crook county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97753 (Powell Butte, OR) is very conservative.
Powell Butte, Oregon is very conservative.
Crook County, Oregon is very conservative.
Prineville 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.
Powell Butte, 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 97753 (Powell Butte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $21,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,218 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $30,103 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $430 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)