The small town of Terrebonne, Oregon (97760) is a rural community located in the heart of Central Oregon. It is home to about 1,400 people, who enjoy the outdoors and easy access to Bend, Redmond, and Sisters for entertainment and shopping. The town has two governing bodies: the Terrebonne City Council, which makes decisions about local laws and policies; and the Deschutes County Commissioners, which oversees county-wide issues like taxes and land use regulations. Both groups are elected by the citizens of Terrebonne, who have been able to count on their representatives for decades. Local elections are held every four years; current members of these boards include Mayor Jim Graybill, City Councilors Tom Barron and Roderick Totham and County Commissioner Phil Henderson. These officials work hard to ensure that the needs of the community are met through careful consideration of budgeting priorities that ensure public safety while also promoting economic development.
The political climate in Zip 97760 (Terrebonne, OR) is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, OR is moderately conservative. In Jefferson County, OR 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 36.9%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97760 (Terrebonne, OR) is moderately conservative.
Terrebonne, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, Oregon is moderately conservative.
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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.
Terrebonne, 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 97760 (Terrebonne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,022 contributions totaling $27,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $9,819 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)