Multnomah County is located in the state of Oregon and is home to a variety of political leaders, who strive to make the county a better place for its citizens. Currently, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners consists of three members elected by district, Susheela Jayapal, Jessica Vega Pederson, and Lori Stegmann. Their duties include managing county resources, setting fiscal policies that promote economic development and social equity, and coordinating with local government agencies. The county also has an elected District Attorney overseeing criminal law enforcement throughout Multnomah County. Other local political parties represent residents in Oregon's House of Representatives, Senate, and numerous city councils. All of these individuals work together to create laws and policies that benefit their constituents in Multnomah County.
The political climate in 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
Multnomah County, OR 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.
Multnomah, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Multnomah County, OR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148,094 contributions totaling $17,027,358 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,840 contributions totaling $2,694,683 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)