Gresham, Oregon is a city located in Multnomah County. It has a long history of local politics that goes back to 1886, when it was incorporated as a town. The current mayor is Karylinn Echolls, who was elected in 2018. Gresham's City Council consists of seven members who are responsible for the day-to-day operations and decisions of the city government. They are responsible for setting policy on a wide variety of issues such as public safety, infrastructure, housing, economic development, and quality of life. The City Council meets regularly to discuss local topics such as budgeting for city services and programs. Residents have various opportunities to get involved at the local level by attending City Council meetings or participating in community events. Additionally, residents can contact their City Council representatives with concerns or suggestions about how their government can best serve them and their families.
The political climate in Gresham, OR is moderately liberal.
Multnomah County, OR is very liberal. In Multnomah County, OR 79.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Multnomah county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 79.2% to 17.9%.
Multnomah county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gresham, OR is moderately liberal.
Multnomah 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.
Gresham, 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 Gresham, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,605 contributions totaling $606,388 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,085 contributions totaling $188,082 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)