Tualatin, Oregon is a small city located in Washington County, with a population of around 27,000 residents. It is located on the Tualatin River and borders the larger cities of Beaverton and Tigard. Despite its size, Tualatin is an active political area that is highly engaged in local, state and national politics. The city council consists of seven members who are elected by citizens every four years to represent their views and interests in local government. These council members regularly organize meetings to discuss the needs of the community and propose legislation for consideration by citizens. There are also many local advocacy groups that work to promote social justice issues within the city limits. Through these efforts, Tualatin strives to create an inclusive environment where all voices can be heard and respected.
The political climate in Tualatin, OR is moderately liberal.
Washington County, OR is very liberal. In Washington County, OR 65.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.5% to 30.9%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tualatin, OR is moderately liberal.
Washington County, Oregon is very liberal.
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.
Tualatin, Oregon: d d D D D D
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Tualatin, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19,565 contributions totaling $1,737,612 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,576 contributions totaling $997,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $387 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)