Keno, OR 97627 is a small rural community located in Klamath County in southern Oregon. Politically, the area leans conservative with most of the residents voting Republican in recent elections. Although there is no local political candidate running for office, there are several state and national politicians who represent the region in their respective roles. These include Representatives Cliff Bentz and Greg Walden from Oregon's 2nd congressional district, Senator Ron Wyden from Oregon's Senate seat, and Governor Kate Brown who serves as governor of the entire state of Oregon. All four have taken measures to address issues facing Keno citizens such as economic development and education reform. Overall, the political atmosphere in Keno is quite conservative with most residents preferring to keep taxes low and government regulations minimal.
The political climate in Zip 97627 (Keno, OR) is very conservative.
Klamath County, OR is very conservative. In Klamath County, OR 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Klamath county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 28.3%.
Klamath county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97627 (Keno, OR) is very conservative.
Keno, Oregon is very conservative.
Klamath County, Oregon is very conservative.
Klamath Falls Metro Area 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.
Keno, 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 97627 (Keno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $882 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)