Portland, Oregon is a vibrant city with many different political perspectives. 97206 is an area of Portland and its politics reflect the diversity of the city as a whole. The district includes several neighborhoods, each with unique political views. Locally, there are numerous politicians that work to represent the people of 97206 in local and state government. These representatives include City Councilors, County Commissioners, State Representatives, and Senators who work hard to ensure that residents have their voices heard in important policy decisions. They strive to create positive change while balancing the needs of their constituents with the demands of state and federal regulations. Residents in this area also have access to a variety of resources such as non-partisan voter guides that explain individual issues. This helps them make informed decisions when voting for candidates that reflect their own values and beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 97206 (Portland, OR) is strongly liberal.
Multnomah County, OR is very liberal. In Multnomah County, OR 79.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Multnomah county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 79.2% to 17.9%.
Multnomah county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97206 (Portland, OR) is strongly liberal.
Portland, Oregon is strongly liberal.
Multnomah 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.
Portland, 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 97206 (Portland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,787 contributions totaling $262,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $8,498 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)