Oregon City, OR is a city located in the state of Oregon. The city has a rich political history and is home to many influential politicians. The city is represented in the Oregon State Legislature by three representatives from both major parties: Democrat Carl Spatz, Republican Mark Johnson and Independent Ken Moore. At the local level, Oregon City has an elected mayor and five council members. These elected officials are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that affect all residents of the city. Many local issues such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance and economic development are decided on at the city council level. In addition to these important roles of local government, Oregon City also has numerous grassroots organizations dedicated to advocating for progressive political change in the area. This includes organizing voter registration drives, running campaigns to raise awareness about environmental protection and social justice issues, and supporting candidates who will advance progressive values into office.
The political climate in 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
Oregon City, 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.
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 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 Oregon City, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,194 contributions totaling $280,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,476 contributions totaling $243,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)