Seneca, Oregon is a small town nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Despite its small size, Seneca is an important part of the political landscape of Oregon. The town is part of District 17 in the Oregon House of Representatives and serves as the county seat of Hood River County. In recent years, the community has seen a number of different candidates for local office, from both major political parties. These individuals have worked together to ensure that Seneca's voice is heard in state government and that their interests are represented on issues such as education, transportation, environment protection and economic development. Community members are actively engaged in these discussions and take pride in their ability to make sure that their concerns are addressed at the state level.
The political climate in Zip 97873 (Seneca, OR) is very 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 97873 (Seneca, OR) is very conservative.
Seneca, Oregon is very 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.
Seneca, 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 97873 (Seneca)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $60 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)