The small town of Clatskanie, Oregon, with a population of 1,715 according to the 2020 census, is part of Columbia County and is governed by a five-member city council. Each member serves a four year term and elections take place during the first Tuesday in November. The current mayor is John B. Patterson who was elected in 2019. The City Council meets on the first Thursday of each month to discuss matters affecting the community such as zoning laws, taxes, public safety and utilities, and to approve budgets and special projects. Despite its small size, Clatskanie takes part in presidential elections by sending delegates from each precinct to both major parties’ conventions every four years. Local issues are addressed through initiatives placed on ballots for local residents to vote on. Clatskanie also provides resources for citizens such as a Senior Center for those over 55 years old and a library with books, computers, and other activities available to the public.
The political climate in Zip 97016 (Clatskanie, OR) is somewhat conservative.
Columbia County, OR is somewhat conservative. In Columbia County, OR 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained strongly Republican, 53.2% to 42.9%.
Columbia county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97016 (Clatskanie, OR) is somewhat conservative.
Clatskanie, Oregon is somewhat conservative.
Columbia County, Oregon is somewhat conservative.
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.
Clatskanie, Oregon: d d D d R R
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 97016 (Clatskanie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 424 contributions totaling $19,219 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $7,406 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)