The city of Beaverton, OR is part of Washington County and has a population of 96,153 (2019 census). It is home to many state and local government offices, making it an important political center in the region. Washington County is a reliably Democratic county, with registered Democrats outnumbering Republicans by a substantial margin. The county's elected officials are generally liberal-leaning and support progressive policies. The mayor of Beaverton is Denny Doyle, who was re-elected in 2018 to serve his fourth term in office. He is a Democrat who has focused on increasing affordable housing options for residents while also advocating for environmental sustainability initiatives. Other prominent political figures in the area include U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Suzanne Bonamici. Both are Democrats who have supported progressive causes such as economic stimulus to help workers during the COVID pandemic, student loan debt forgiveness, increased access to healthcare, and action on climate change.
The political climate in Zip 97005 (Beaverton, 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 97005 (Beaverton, OR) is strongly liberal.
Beaverton, 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.
Beaverton, 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 97005 (Beaverton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,174 contributions totaling $144,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $725,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $5,709 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)