North Plains, OR is a small rural community located just west of the Portland metro area. Its population of around 4,500 is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and five council members elected to four-year terms. The current Mayor is John Smith and the City Council consists of Jeff Johnson, Jennifer Adams, Robert Miller, Amanda Larson, and David Smith. The city's political agenda focuses on providing excellent public services while keeping taxes low and maintaining a safe and healthy environment for its citizens. The city also supports various initiatives that promote economic development in the community. North Plains is known for its strong sense of community pride as well as its commitment to preserving its natural resources and promoting sustainable practices.
The political climate in North Plains, OR is somewhat 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
North Plains, OR is somewhat 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.
North Plains, 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 North Plains, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 491 contributions totaling $16,916 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $24,384 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $542 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)