Woodburn, OR is a small city located in Marion County with a population of 24,080 people according to the most recent United States census. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government and comprised of seven council members who are all elected to four-year terms. Currently, the mayor is Kathy Figley, who was first elected in 2018. In addition to the mayor and council members, Woodburn also has several local political candidates that are running for office this year. The elections will be held on November 3rd and will include races for county commissioner, state representative, state senator, and more. These candidates are campaigning on important issues such as affordable housing, public safety, and economic development. All eligible voters in Woodburn are encouraged to participate in the election process and make their voices heard at the polls.
The political climate in Zip 97071 (Woodburn, OR) is leaning liberal.
Marion County, OR is leaning liberal. In Marion County, OR 48.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.9% to 47.7%.
Marion county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97071 (Woodburn, OR) is leaning liberal.
Woodburn, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Marion County, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Salem Metro Area is leaning 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.
Woodburn, Oregon: r r d r r 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 97071 (Woodburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 568 contributions totaling $29,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $24,420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)