The politics of 97004 Beavercreek, OR are heavily influenced by the Oregon state government. This includes local decisions concerning taxation, education, healthcare, and infrastructure. The city council is made up of five members who work to ensure the needs of the community are met. Each council member serves a four-year term and is elected by the residents of 97004 Beavercreek on their own merits and experience. There is also a mayor who serves as a leader for the city and presides over all official business that comes before the council. In addition, there are numerous local committees that help shape policy within the area such as those dealing with health and safety, transportation, land use and development, parks and recreation, economic development, public works services, housing and human services, and more. Residents often have ample opportunities to get involved in their local politics by attending city council meetings or participating in one of these committees.
The political climate in Zip 97004 (Beavercreek, 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
Zip 97004 (Beavercreek, OR) is leaning liberal.
Beavercreek, Oregon 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.
Beavercreek, 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 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 97004 (Beavercreek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,124 contributions totaling $29,907 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $7,744 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)