The small town of Cave Junction, OR (zip code 97523) is located in Josephine County, an area that has been represented by a variety of political candidates. In the 2016 general election, Republican candidate Greg Walden was elected to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Oregon which includes Cave Junction. State-level officials include members from both major parties. For example, Democratic State Senator Alan DeBoer represents Senate District 3 and Republican State Representative Carl Wilson serves House District 5. At the county level, Josephine County is currently led by a five-member Board of Commissioners consisting of three Republicans and two Democrats. This board sets policy and oversees a wide range of services including law enforcement, public health, elections, and community development within the county. Local politics in Cave Junction are often focused on issues such as business development, public transportation investment, land-use planning and preservation, natural resource conservation, and other matters important to the city's residents.
The political climate in Zip 97523 (Cave Junction, OR) is moderately conservative.
Josephine County, OR is strongly conservative. In Josephine County, OR 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Josephine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.5% to 35.7%.
Josephine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97523 (Cave Junction, OR) is moderately conservative.
Cave Junction, Oregon is moderately conservative.
Josephine County, Oregon is strongly conservative.
Grants Pass Metro Area is strongly 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.
Cave Junction, 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 97523 (Cave Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,343 contributions totaling $62,681 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $22,842 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)