97448 Junction City, OR is a small town located in the Willamette Valley. The local political scene in 97448 Junction City, OR is mainly focused on local issues such as public safety, transportation, education and economic development. The city council is responsible for making decisions about these issues through a variety of committees that work to ensure that the best interests of the community are represented. There are no current candidates running for any office in 97448 Junction City, OR, however there are many opportunities for citizens to get involved with their local government by attending town hall meetings and participating in various civic groups within the community. The city also hosts an annual election which allows residents to choose who they want to represent them at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 97448 (Junction City, OR) is somewhat 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 97448 (Junction City, OR) is somewhat liberal.
Junction City, Oregon is somewhat 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.
Junction City, 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 97448 (Junction City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $7,862 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $14,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)