McMinnville, OR 97128 is the county seat of Yamhill County and a vibrant community with a rich and diverse political landscape. The city boasts a long history of civic engagement and public participation in the local political process. Residents have the opportunity to cast their ballot for candidates running in local, state, and federal elections. It is also home to numerous local government boards and committees that are regularly consulted on matters such as budgeting, infrastructure projects, zoning regulations, and other important issues. Residents can take part in town hall meetings or sign up for volunteer positions in order to stay informed and make their voices heard. With an ever-growing population that values open dialogue and consensus building within its political system, McMinnville remains an important center of progressive politics in Oregon.
The political climate in Zip 97128 (McMinnville, OR) is leaning conservative.
Yamhill County, OR is leaning conservative. In Yamhill County, OR 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yamhill county remained Republican, 50.2% to 46.1%.
Yamhill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97128 (McMinnville, OR) is leaning conservative.
McMinnville, Oregon is leaning conservative.
Yamhill County, Oregon is leaning conservative.
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 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.
McMinnville, 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 97128 (McMinnville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,579 contributions totaling $164,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 276 contributions totaling $40,724 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)