Garden Home-Whitford, OR is a small suburban district located in the Portland metropolitan area. It is known for its strong sense of community and its dedication to local values and traditions. Politically, the district has traditionally been very conservative, with most residents favoring traditional values and policies. Most candidates running for office tend to be from either the Republican or Democratic parties. The district’s politics are largely focused on local issues such as education, public safety, economic development, and transportation. Residents also care about protecting the environment and maintaining access to quality healthcare services. In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on social issues such as marriage equality and rights for LGBTQ+ individuals. There are also efforts being made to increase civic engagement among all members of the community regardless of party affiliation or political beliefs. Regardless of which candidate’s views align with those of Garden Home-Whitford's residents, it is clear that politics in this community remains an important part of life for its citizens.
The political climate in Garden Home-Whitford, 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
Garden Home-Whitford, 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.
Garden Home-Whitford, 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 Garden Home-Whitford, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,337 contributions totaling $457,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 731 contributions totaling $102,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)