Canby, OR is located in Clackamas County and has a population of over 19,000 people. The city is served by the Canby City Council, which consists of eight members who are all elected at-large to serve overlapping four year terms. The Council meets twice a month to discuss local issues such as infrastructure development, public safety and parks and recreation. Each year, the Council appoints one of its members to serve as Mayor for a one-year term to preside over all meetings and represent the city in official capacities. The Mayor also serves as a voting member on various committees within Clackamas County. Every two years, Canby elects representatives at both the state and federal level to advocate for their interests in Salem and Washington DC.
The political climate in Zip 97013 (Canby, 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 97013 (Canby, OR) is leaning liberal.
Canby, 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.
Canby, 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 97013 (Canby)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 664 contributions totaling $51,094 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $68,699 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)