Oak Grove, OR is a small town located in the Willamette Valley region of Oregon. It is home to a diverse population of around 7,500 people. Despite its size, Oak Grove has an active political landscape that influences local issues and decisions. The city is part of Clackamas County and most local elections are held through the county office. Residents can vote for local candidates that serve as representatives on the city council and school board. These elected officials work to provide essential services such as police protection, street maintenance, water and sewer services, fire protection, education programs and more for the entire community. Political engagement is one way that citizens can make their voices heard and influence the direction of their town.
The political climate in Oak Grove, 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
Oak Grove, OR 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.
Oak Grove, 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 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 Oak Grove, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,999 contributions totaling $1,318,933 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,501 contributions totaling $685,798 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $457 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)