Perry leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Perry typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Perry, ~20% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Perry compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Perry leans more Republican than 2 of 11 neighbors.
Perry runs about 54 points more Republican than Oregon as a whole. Oregon leans Democratic overall, while Perry is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Perry. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+44) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+28), a spread of about 16 points.
Why Perry leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Perry, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Perry live in densely developed areas, about 28 points below the Oregon average of 31%. Perry runs against the grain of Oregon, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Perry, OR does.
Why turnout in Perry looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Perry have completed high school, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- La Grande, OR R+21
- Island City, OR R+46
- Summerville, OR R+48
- Imbler, OR R+55
- Cove, OR R+54
- Union, OR R+52
- Elgin, OR R+46
- Lehman Hot Springs, OR R+31
- Meacham, OR R+49
Cities with Similar Populations
- Walls, OK R+73
- Slickford, KY R+76
- Bremer, IA R+42
- Oliver, IN R+52
- Coit, TX R+75
- Vandalia, NY R+32
- North Egremont, MA D+56
- Ollie, MT R+78
- Dickens, NE R+80
- New Somerset, OH R+63
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.