The town of 97389 Tangent, Oregon is home to an estimated 2,000 people. The political landscape of the town is varied and ever-changing, with changes in local and state governments always taking place. Despite its small population, Tangent has a strong local government that works closely with its citizens to address pressing issues in the community. Local representatives are often elected through popular votes and serve on a variety of boards and committees in order to ensure responsible decisions are being made that will benefit Tangent’s residents. Locally-elected candidates have included members from both major parties as well as independents who have held various positions over the years. In recent years, grassroots organizations have been popping up to further promote active civic engagement among Tangent’s citizens, ensuring that everyone’s voice is heard when it comes to making important decisions for the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 97389 (Tangent, 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 97389 (Tangent, OR) is moderately conservative.
Tangent, 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.
Tangent, 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 97389 (Tangent)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,390 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $4,011 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)