97381 Silverton, OR is a small community located in Marion County and is home to many families. As such, the local politics of 97381 Silverton, OR are important to many of its residents. 97381 Silverton, OR is part of Marion County’s government and its local political candidates run for county offices. Many of these offices have an impact on the daily lives of 97381 Silverton citizens by making decisions about taxes, public services, and other issues facing the community. Local political candidates regularly meet with members of the 97381 Silverton community to learn more about their needs and concerns, and work together to ensure that the city’s best interests are represented in all county decisions.
The political climate in Zip 97381 (Silverton, OR) is leaning conservative.
Marion County, OR is leaning liberal. In Marion County, OR 48.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.9% to 47.7%.
Marion county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97381 (Silverton, OR) is leaning conservative.
Silverton, Oregon is leaning conservative.
Marion County, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Salem Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Silverton, Oregon: r r d r r d
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 97381 (Silverton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 917 contributions totaling $50,871 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 196 contributions totaling $30,234 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)