The city of Cheshire, OR (97419) is a small rural community located in Lane County. It is home to around 400 residents, most of whom participate actively in local politics. Elections are held regularly to elect local officials, such as city council members and mayors, who make decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of citizens. In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on sustainability within the community and several initiatives have been implemented to reduce energy consumption and improve environmental stewardship. Additionally, the city council has worked hard to ensure that local businesses are supported and that economic development projects benefit both existing businesses and those looking to relocate to the area. Each election cycle brings new potential candidates and provides citizens with an opportunity to decide which leaders best represent their values and interests.
The political climate in Zip 97419 (Cheshire, OR) is leaning liberal.
Lane County, OR is strongly liberal. In Lane County, OR 60.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.5% to 36.1%.
Lane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97419 (Cheshire, OR) is leaning liberal.
Cheshire, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Lane County, Oregon is strongly liberal.
Eugene-Springfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Cheshire, Oregon: D D D D D 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 97419 (Cheshire)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $10,509 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $978 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)