Estacada, OR, a city located in Clackamas County, is an active participant in Oregon's political climate. Estacada has a mayor and several city council members who are responsible for making decisions about the local government. These elected officials are charged with representing the interests of the citizens of Estacada and making sure that their voices are heard in Salem. Issues that these officials weigh in on include infrastructure investments, public safety initiatives, and environmental protection efforts. The community is highly involved in local politics and they take pride in having their voices heard by their representatives. Through public meetings, forums, and citizen engagement nights they can make sure that their preferences are being taken into consideration when decisions are made that affect their lives.
The political climate in Zip 97023 (Estacada, 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 97023 (Estacada, OR) is leaning liberal.
Estacada, 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.
Estacada, 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 97023 (Estacada)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 768 contributions totaling $26,606 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 115 contributions totaling $10,852 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)