Oak Grove, OR 97267 is a suburban community located just outside of Portland, OR. It is a tight-knit community with many political activists and citizens passionate about the issues that affect them. Local politics in Oak Grove focus on improving public safety, developing infrastructure and creating economic opportunities for residents. Community engagement is highly encouraged and local candidates often hold town halls or other events to discuss their platforms and gain insight from citizens. Issues such as education reform, public transportation, environmental protection and housing access are common topics discussed during local elections. The city council works diligently to ensure that Oak Grove remains a vibrant and inviting place to live.
The political climate in Zip 97267 (Oak Grove, 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 97267 (Oak Grove, OR) is leaning liberal.
Oak Grove, 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.
Oak Grove, 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 97267 (Oak Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,991 contributions totaling $168,122 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 261 contributions totaling $178,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $685 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)