The small city of Sweet Home, OR, with a population of 8,925 according to the U.S. Census Bureau as of 2019, is governed by its mayor and five city council members elected to four-year terms. The current mayor of the 97386 zip code area is Jeff Krug and the council members consist of Tonya Alford, Scott Cooper, Ryan Hensley, Anne Patefield, and Alan Prescott. All are actively involved in making sure Sweet Home’s future continues to be prosperous. Election season in this small town usually draws a healthy turnout of citizens who take an interest in local politics and are eager to support their chosen candidates. Residents take pride in their city with many public forums being held throughout the year that allow citizens to voice opinions and help shape the political landscape of the area.
The political climate in Zip 97386 (Sweet Home, OR) is moderately conservative.
Linn County, OR is moderately conservative. In Linn County, OR 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 36.5%.
Linn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97386 (Sweet Home, OR) is moderately conservative.
Sweet Home, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Linn County, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Albany-Lebanon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sweet Home, 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 97386 (Sweet Home)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 164 contributions totaling $3,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $9,714 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)