The city of Swisshome, Oregon 97480 is a small, rural community with just under 500 residents. Despite its small population size, the city of Swisshome has a thriving and active political culture. The city is served by the Benton County Board of Commissioners which is responsible for setting policy and providing services that affect the entire county. Additionally, local elections are held every two years to decide who will serve as City Council members in Swisshome. The City Council works with the citizens of Swisshome to draft policies that best suit their needs and provide resources and services to the community. Many local candidates have emerged in recent years who are passionate about serving the people of Swisshome. Through these candidates' efforts and hard work, they strive to make sure that all citizens’ voices are heard and respected within the political process in Swisshome.
The political climate in Zip 97480 (Swisshome, OR) is somewhat liberal.
Lane County, OR is strongly liberal. In Lane County, OR 60.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.5% to 36.1%.
Lane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97480 (Swisshome, OR) is somewhat liberal.
Swisshome, Oregon is somewhat liberal.
Lane County, Oregon is strongly liberal.
Eugene-Springfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Swisshome, Oregon: D D D D D 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 97480 (Swisshome)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $193 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)