Government Camp is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, located at the base of Mount Hood. It is a popular destination for recreation and tourism in the summer months. In terms of politics, Government Camp is part of the 25th District Senate and House legislative districts. The current senator is Lynn Findley from Ontario, Oregon who was first elected in 2016. The current representative for the 25th district is John Lively from Springfield, Oregon who was first elected in 2017. Both representatives are members of the Republican party and support conservative policy initiatives as well as state economic development programs focused on job creation. There are no local political candidates at this time since Government Camp remains an unincorporated community with no local government or election process in place.
The political climate in Zip 97028 (Government Camp, 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 97028 (Government Camp, OR) is leaning liberal.
Government Camp, 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.
Government Camp, 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 97028 (Government Camp)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $5,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $6,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $689 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)