97017 Colton, OR is a small town in the northern part of Oregon with approximately 1,000 residents. The town has its own city government, which consists of a mayor and four city council members. The mayor and council members are elected every two years by the citizens of Colton. Each election cycle brings new faces to the city leadership, giving citizens an opportunity to shape their local government by voting for candidates who represent their values and beliefs. Local politics in 97017 Colton, OR is focused on improving the quality of life for the residents through initiatives such as creating jobs and providing quality public services. The City Council also works closely with other municipalities in the area to address regional issues such as public safety, environmental protection, infrastructure development, and economic vitality.
The political climate in Zip 97017 (Colton, OR) is leaning conservative.
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 97017 (Colton, OR) is leaning conservative.
Colton, Oregon is leaning conservative.
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.
Colton, 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 97017 (Colton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $4,274 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)