John Day, OR (97845) is a small rural community located in Grant County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The area is largely agricultural and traditionally conservative, with many local residents involved in the various political organizations at the county level. The main political party within John Day is the Republican Party, which has held a majority of offices at the county level for several years now. Local candidates running for office are typically from this party and often have deep roots in the region or become fixtures in the community through their leadership and activism on local issues. Residents of John Day are generally very engaged with local politics and participatory democracy, often attending town meetings or volunteering to help out on campaigns to support candidates they believe will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 97845 (John Day, OR) is strongly conservative.
Grant County, OR is very conservative. In Grant County, OR 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 20.2%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97845 (John Day, OR) is strongly conservative.
John Day, Oregon is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Oregon is very conservative.
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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.
John Day, 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 97845 (John Day)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $4,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $10,817 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)