Eagle Creek, OR is a small town located in Clackamas County with a population of approximately 3,500 people. Despite its size, the town is an active participant in the political process of Oregon state. Most notably, Eagle Creek has been represented by Representative Suzanne Bonamici since 2012 in the US Congress. On the local level, Eagle Creek has two city councilors who are elected every four years. Additionally, there are a number of local organizations and initiatives that are actively involved in promoting civic engagement and political advocacy within the town. Through engaging with these organizations and initiatives, citizens can become more informed about current issues and participate in the decision making process for their community.
The political climate in Zip 97022 (Eagle Creek, 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 97022 (Eagle Creek, OR) is leaning liberal.
Eagle Creek, 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.
Eagle Creek, 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 97022 (Eagle Creek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 71 contributions totaling $1,754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)