Silver Lake, OR is a small town located in the southern region of the Beaver State. With a population of around 1,000 people, Silver Lake is known for its historic downtown and friendly locals. Politics in Silver Lake are not a major focus, however there are several candidates in local elections every year. Candidates come from both sides of the aisle and work together to promote community health and safety. The mayor is elected by popular vote with their term lasting two years. They are responsible for setting agendas for city council meetings as well as representing Silver Lake's interests in state and national politics. Local issues such as parks, schools, public safety, and infrastructure are discussed regularly at town hall meetings where citizens can voice their opinion about current policies or proposed ones. All residents of 97638 Silver Lake have the opportunity to make their voices heard through voting and participating in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 97638 (Silver Lake, OR) is very conservative.
Lake County, OR is very conservative. In Lake County, OR 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 18.2%.
Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97638 (Silver Lake, OR) is very conservative.
Silver Lake, Oregon is very conservative.
Lake County, Oregon is very conservative.
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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.
Silver Lake, 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 97638 (Silver Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $7,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $7,528 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)