West Linn, OR is an idyllic city situated on the Willamette River with a population of around 25,000 people. As a mid-sized city, West Linn has a bustling local political climate. The Mayor of West Linn is Russ Axelrod who has held the office since 2013 and is running for re-election in 2020. Local citizens also vote for their representatives in the City Council, which consists of five members from different wards of the city. Other elections that take place in West Linn are School Board and Tax Levy elections. It is important for all citizens to get involved in these elections as they shape the future of West Linn.
The political climate in West Linn, 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
West Linn, 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.
West Linn, 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 West Linn, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,473 contributions totaling $1,028,081 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,294 contributions totaling $435,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)