The politics in Sandy, Oregon are centered around the local government and city councils. The City Council is composed of five members who make decisions on municipal matters such as budgeting, public safety and infrastructure. Local elections are held every two years for council seats. Councilors serve four-year terms and may run for re-election when their term expires. As of 2021, the Mayor of Sandy is Darrel Stromberg, who was elected in March 2020. Sandy's City Council works to ensure that all citizens have a voice in local decision making by actively engaging with local communities regarding any major changes or initiatives that they are considering implementing into the city. The City Council does its best to promote a healthy and safe environment within Sandy while also creating economic opportunities for businesses and residents alike.
The political climate in Sandy, 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
Sandy, 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.
Sandy, 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 Sandy, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,632 contributions totaling $117,182 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $386,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)