The politics in 97876 Summerville, OR are quite important to the local community as they have a direct impact on their lives and futures. There are currently three major political parties in the area - The Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Independent Party. All three provide different solutions for the needs of the community and offer varying opinions on how to best move forward. Every election cycle sees different people vying for local office, hoping to enact their platform policies and make a positive difference in the community. The people of 97876 Summerville, OR take their politics seriously and ensure that their voices are heard by participating in elections. They also stay involved year-round by attending rallies, forums, debates and other events hosted by the local candidates. This helps keep them informed on current issues and allows them to make educated decisions when voting time comes around.
The political climate in Zip 97876 (Summerville, OR) is very conservative.
Union County, OR is very conservative. In Union County, OR 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 28.5%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97876 (Summerville, OR) is very conservative.
Summerville, Oregon is very conservative.
Union County, Oregon is very conservative.
La Grande 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.
Summerville, 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 97876 (Summerville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $2,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $2,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)