The city of Tigard, OR (97224) is served by a city council composed of seven members, who are elected directly by the citizens within the city limits. The mayor and six councilors serve concurrent four-year terms to ensure continuity in policy and leadership. The City Council meets twice a month to discuss local issues and find solutions that benefit the community as a whole. In addition, there are several committees and commissions such as the Planning Commission, Transportation Advisory Board, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, Citizen Involvement Committee and Budget Committee that provide recommendations on various topics to the City Council. The current mayor is John Cook, who ran for office in 2016 and was re-elected in 2020. He has been an advocate for public safety, economic development and environmental sustainability throughout his tenure in office.
The political climate in Zip 97224 (Tigard, 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 97224 (Tigard, OR) is moderately liberal.
Tigard, 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.
Tigard, 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 97224 (Tigard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,587 contributions totaling $166,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 497 contributions totaling $128,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)