Beaverton, Oregon is the sixth-largest city in the state with a population of over 97,000 people. It is governed by a mayor-council system, with the current mayor being Denny Doyle. The city council consists of seven members who are elected at-large for four year terms. There are also many other local political offices that serve the Beaverton area including district attorneys, county commissioners, and school board members. All of them work together to ensure that Beaverton remains a thriving place to live and work. In recent years, local politics in Beaverton has been focused on increasing public safety, improving infrastructure, creating more affordable housing options, and promoting economic growth. With proactive leadership from the mayor and city council members, Beaverton has become a vibrant community with innovative solutions for all its residents.
The political climate in Beaverton, 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
Beaverton, 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.
Beaverton, 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 Beaverton, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57,059 contributions totaling $3,880,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,284 contributions totaling $1,442,132 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $337 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)