97223 Tigard, OR is a part of Washington County and has been under the governance of chair Kathryn Harrington since 2019. The mayor of Tigard is Jason Snider who has been in office since 2016. Representative Marty Wilde has represented Tigard in the Oregon House of Representatives since 2018 and Senator Chuck Thomsen has held his seat in the State Senate since 2009. In 2019, residents overwhelmingly passed Measure 34-269, which raised taxes to fund an array of public safety projects including new police officers and detectives, fire equipment, and enhanced street maintenance programs. This measure was supported by local businesses and residents alike as it would improve public safety for all members of the community. Additionally, 97223 Tigard, OR is home to vibrant civic life with many organizations engaged in advocacy such as Tigard United for Change which works to promote social justice throughout the city.
The political climate in Zip 97223 (Tigard, OR) is strongly 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
Zip 97223 (Tigard, OR) is strongly liberal.
Tigard, Oregon is strongly 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 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 zip 97223 (Tigard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,532 contributions totaling $302,945 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 330 contributions totaling $45,975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)