The small town of 97539 Shady Cove, OR is a quiet and peaceful community that is located on the edge of the Rogue River and enjoys a vibrant outdoor lifestyle. The local government is run by a mayor and four city council members elected to serve two-year terms. The political landscape in 97539 Shady Cove is typically quite moderate, with both Democrats and Republicans having representation in city government. The current mayor has been in office for an unprecedented eight terms, and the city council has largely remained unchanged over the past decade. While there may be disagreements between politicians from different parties, they are all dedicated to ensuring that Shady Cove remains a safe and prosperous place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 97539 (Shady Cove, OR) is leaning 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 97539 (Shady Cove, OR) is leaning conservative.
Shady Cove, Oregon is leaning 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.
Shady Cove, 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 97539 (Shady Cove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 271 contributions totaling $6,633 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $4,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)