Prospect, Oregon is a small, rural town located in the southern part of the state in Jackson County. It has a strong sense of community and the citizens of Prospect take local politics seriously. Each year, a number of candidates from Prospect run for local office including school board, city council, county commission and more. With its population estimated at 97536 people, Prospect has many issues to tackle ranging from environmental protection to budgeting for public services. The people of Prospect are very engaged and vocal about their opinions on local politics and have the power to make their voices heard through voting for their preferred candidates. As such, Prospect is an excellent example of a small town that takes pride in its local politics and works hard to ensure that its citizens' best interests are served.
The political climate in Zip 97536 (Prospect, OR) is somewhat conservative.
Jackson County, OR is leaning conservative. In Jackson County, OR 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained Republican, 50.2% to 46.8%.
Jackson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97536 (Prospect, OR) is somewhat conservative.
Prospect, Oregon is somewhat conservative.
Jackson County, Oregon is leaning conservative.
Medford Metro Area is leaning 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.
Prospect, Oregon: R R d 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 97536 (Prospect)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)