Oregon City is located in the 97045 zip code and it has a deep history in politics. The city has a strong local government that works hard to serve the citizens of Oregon City. It is represented in state politics by an array of Democratic and Republican legislators, including Senator Ginny Burdick and Representative Andrea Salinas. At the local level, Oregon City elects three members to its city council, two of whom represent general districts and one who serves as a mayor. The current Mayor is Ken Humberston, who was elected in 2017. All of these positions are designed to ensure that the citizens of Oregon City have influence over their government representatives and their decisions. The overall goal for politicians representing Oregon City, whether at the state or local level, is to work toward improving life within the community.
The political climate in Zip 97045 (Oregon City, OR) is leaning liberal.
Clackamas County, OR is somewhat liberal. In Clackamas County, OR 54.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clackamas county remained strongly Democratic, 54.0% to 42.9%.
Clackamas county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97045 (Oregon City, OR) is leaning liberal.
Oregon City, Oregon is leaning liberal.
Clackamas County, Oregon is somewhat 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.
Oregon City, Oregon: r r 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 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 97045 (Oregon City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,097 contributions totaling $140,440 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 738 contributions totaling $121,897 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)