Oregon, PA is a small community in Pennsylvania that has been around for centuries. This small town is governed by a mayor and a five-member council, all of whom are elected to four-year terms. The council is responsible for providing local services such as road maintenance, garbage collection, water supply, and public safety. Every two years, Oregon residents have the opportunity to vote on two new council members who will serve for a 4-year term. Elections are held in odd-numbered years with the mayor being elected during the same cycle. The current mayor is Thomas J. Nelson and he was elected in 2019. In addition to electing local officials, there are also state representatives from Oregon who represent their district in Harrisburg. These representatives work on behalf of their constituents both inside and outside of the state capital. The people of Oregon have many opportunities to be involved in politics by taking part in elections or getting involved with local causes or organizations that focus on issues important to their community.
The political climate in Oregon, PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, PA is very conservative. In Wayne County, PA 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.7%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oregon, PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Oregon, Pennsylvania: 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 Oregon, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 278 contributions totaling $56,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $64,796 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)