Prineville, Oregon is a small town of just over 9,000 people nestled in the heart of Central Oregon. The local politics are managed by a five-member City Council, which meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month. The current Mayor of Prineville is Betty Roppe, who was first elected to office in 2012. The City Council has made several changes to city regulations and policies during their tenure, ranging from zoning ordinances to environmental protections. Prineville has become well known for its strong stance on protecting the environment and preserving natural resources, as evidenced by the city's commitment to using renewable energy sources and implementing recycling programs. Additionally, Prineville has been actively working to attract new businesses to the area with tax incentives and other development initiatives. As Prineville continues to grow and thrive, it is expected that local politics will continue to be an important part of life in this Central Oregon town.
The political climate in Zip 97754 (Prineville, OR) is strongly 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 97754 (Prineville, OR) is strongly conservative.
Prineville, Oregon is strongly 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.
Prineville, 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 97754 (Prineville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 372 contributions totaling $24,078 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 219 contributions totaling $27,697 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)