North Plains, OR is located in Washington County and is part of the Portland metropolitan area. While North Plains does not have its own local political candidates or representatives, it is still impacted by politics on the state and national level. The 97133 zip code has roughly 3,600 people as of 2019 and a median household income of $76,250. This relatively small population means that North Plains depends heavily on the decisions made by larger government bodies such as the Oregon Legislative Assembly for important issues such as education, healthcare, infrastructure funding, and taxation. Local activists in North Plains are active in voicing their opinions on these issues to ensure that their views are taken into consideration when making important decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 97133 (North Plains, OR) is moderately liberal.
Washington County, OR is very liberal. In Washington County, OR 65.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.5% to 30.9%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97133 (North Plains, OR) is moderately liberal.
North Plains, Oregon is moderately liberal.
Washington 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.
North Plains, 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 97133 (North Plains)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 491 contributions totaling $16,916 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $24,384 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $542 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)