Arlington, Oregon is a small town located in the Columbia River Gorge region of the state. It is part of Wasco County and has an estimated population of just over 500 people. Despite its size, Arlington has an active local political scene. The city is governed by a five-member city council that meets monthly to discuss issues and decide on policy. The mayor of Arlington is elected every two years by the general public, while the other four council members are appointed. Elections for these positions are held every two years when all five seats are up for re-election and interested candidates run for office. Local politics in Arlington often focus on improving city services like streets and water systems, as well as advocating for development projects that will benefit the community. Additionally, the city council also works closely with state representatives to ensure their views are represented at the state level.
The political climate in Arlington, OR is strongly conservative.
Gilliam County, OR is very conservative. In Gilliam County, OR 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilliam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.5%.
Gilliam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arlington, OR is strongly conservative.
Gilliam County, Oregon 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.
Arlington, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Arlington, OR
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 19 contributions totaling $5,001 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)