Portland, Oregon's 97219 zip code encompasses a wide range of neighborhoods and communities, each with its own unique political dynamics. The popularly elected local representatives in Oregon’s House of Representatives, who serve as the voice of the people at the state level, include Democrat Karin Power and Republican Jeff Barker. At the local level, specific districts are served by elected leaders on the Multnomah County Commission like Susheela Jayapal and Loretta Smith. Portland City Council is also represented by an elected official from each district – Commissioner Nick Fish serves District 1 which includes a portion of 97219. These individuals work to ensure that city policies reflect the will of 97219’s residents and businesses. This is done through their individual efforts as well as in collaboration with other elected officials to advance progressive initiatives that benefit all Portlanders in this zip code area.
The political climate in Zip 97219 (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 97219 (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 97219 (Portland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,495 contributions totaling $1,526,832 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 597 contributions totaling $186,824 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)