Tigard, Oregon is a vibrant city located just 12 miles southwest of Portland. Home to over 56,000 people, Tigard is the second largest city in Washington County. With a strong civic presence and dedicated leadership, the politics of Tigard are always of great interest to its citizens and businesses. Local politicians work hard to ensure that the needs of all residents are met with innovative solutions and approaches tailored for Tigard's unique demographics. In addition, many candidates for local office strive to represent the interests and values of their constituents. This ensures that Tigard's political atmosphere is always dynamic and engaging, making it a fantastic place to live in terms of both representation and policy-making.
The political climate in Tigard, 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
Tigard, 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.
Tigard, 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 Tigard, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,119 contributions totaling $469,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 827 contributions totaling $174,677 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)