97055 Sandy, OR is a small city located in the heart of Oregon. It has a unique political landscape, including local and state leaders from both major parties. On the local level, residents have elected a city council consisting of representatives from each party, who take part in making decisions about the town's day-to-day operations. In addition to the City Council, citizens can vote for their choice of mayor, and other local offices such as police chief and city manager. At the state level, 97055 Sandy residents are represented by Senators and Representatives in both chambers of the Oregon Legislature to ensure that their voices are heard on important issues affecting them at home and beyond. The city also sees strong support for its candidates running for state offices such as Governor or Secretary of State. All these roles work together to ensure that all residents of 97055 Sandy are represented fairly and appropriately in Oregon's government system.
The political climate in Zip 97055 (Sandy, 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 97055 (Sandy, OR) is leaning liberal.
Sandy, 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.
Sandy, 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 97055 (Sandy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 816 contributions totaling $58,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 174 contributions totaling $193,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)