The small town of Westfall, OR is located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Deschutes County. It is a quiet community with a population of around 900 people. Despite its small size, Westfall has an active political scene. The current mayor of Westfall is Kevin Wilson, who was first elected to office in 2015 and has been re-elected twice since then. There are three other members of the city council, including Bethany Harris, John Walker, and Pam Smith. All of these council members are committed to working for the betterment of the town and its citizens. They have worked on initiatives such as improving public safety, making infrastructure improvements, and increasing economic development in the area.
The political climate in Zip 97920 (Westfall, OR) is very conservative.
Malheur County, OR is very conservative. In Malheur County, OR 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Malheur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 27.6%.
Malheur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97920 (Westfall, OR) is very conservative.
Westfall, Oregon is very conservative.
Malheur County, Oregon is very conservative.
Ontario 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.
Westfall, 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 97920 (Westfall)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)