OREGON | 7
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Population (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Oregon Secretary of State)
Oregon has: 36 counties, 240 incorp. cities. Largest counties: Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Lane, Marion. > Largest cities (100,000-plus): Portland, Eugene, Salem, Gresham. > Government |
State of Oregon Secretary of State Democratic
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Voting Eligible Population*: 2,700,327. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 67.7%. 54% of ballots returned in the Nov. 6 election were returned to a dropbox. 71.8% of ballots sent to military and overseas voters were returned and counted. |
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Overview: Obama-Biden carried Oregon by 216,313
votes (12.09 percentage points). Romney carried 26 counties to 10
for Obama, but Obama racked up a plurality of 199,585 votes in Multnomah
County (274,887 to 75,302). There were several visits: President Obama
(July 24 fundraisers in Portland), Michelle Obama (June 17 commencement
address at OSU), Mitt Romney (June 4 fundraiser in Portland), Paul Ryan
(Sept. 9 debate prep. and Sept. 10 fundraisers in Portland); Gary
Johnson (Aug. 5-6), Jim Gray (Sept. 8 Hempstalk) and Jill Stein (Sept.
7-9, including Hempstalk). Oregon was one of only two states
where Stein achieved one percent of the vote, the other being Maine. Obama | (Romney) BALLOT [PDF] |
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Registration: Dem. 816,943 (40.42%) Rep. 663,949 (32.85%) NAff. 415,838 (20.57%) Other 124,533 (6.16%) ...Total 2,021,263 |
Democrats
Official Results
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Republicans
28 Delegates: 3 RNC; 10 at-large; 15 by CD (3 x 5). 1.22% of the 2,286 Delegates.
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Voting Eligible Population*: 2,695,058. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 67.8%. Registration: Dem. 929,741 (43.17%) Rep. 695,677 (32.30%) NAff. 431,922 (20.05%) Other 96,574 (4.48%) ...Total 2,153,914. |
Number voting on Nov. 4......1,845,251 |
2008
Overview Oregon was a battleground in 2000 and again tight in 2004, but this year it was not close. From June to November here were no visits by the major party principals. (In a sign of things to come, in June 2008 Sen. Gordon Smith (R), seeking re-election, ran an ad in which the announcer asked, "Who says Gordon Smith helped lead the fight for better gas mileage and a cleaner environment?" The answer: Barack Obama). Obama-Biden won Oregon with a plurality of 298,816 votes (16.35 percentage points); McCain carried 23 counties to 13 for Obama. In Multnomah County Obama amassed a plurality of more than 200,000 votes (279,696 to 75,171). Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 2,550,887. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 72.0%. Vote by Mail --
Ballots
mailed any time between the 14th and 18th days before election. Registration: Dem. 829,197 (38.72%) Rep. 761,717 (35.57%) NAff. 477,682 (22.31%) Others 72,653 (3.39%) ...Total 2,141,249. Registration
deadline: Oct. 12, 2004. |
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2004
Overview Oregon saw one of the most protracted battles over ballot access for Ralph Nader, as the consumer advocate went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the end, he did not appear on the ballot. Kerry-Edwards achieved a plurality of 76,332 votes (4.16 percentage points) over the Bush-Cheney ticket. Bush carried 28 counties to 8 for Kerry, but Kerry's 161,146 vote margin in Multnomah County proved insurmountable. General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush/Cheney '04 |
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 2,364,402. The election was conducted entirely by mail. First day for mailing ballots: Oct. 20, 2000.
Registration deadline: Oct. 17, 2000. |
1,559,215 total ballots counted; on 25,247 ballots (1.6%) no vote for President was recorded--due to under or over votes. |
2000
Overview In 1996 Oregon provided the best showing of any state for Ralph Nader's "non-campaign." With Nader running an active campaign this time around, great attention focused on how much the Nader factor would hurt Vice President Gore's chances. Oregon became a closely fought battleground state. In the end, however, the Gore-Lieberman ticket did prevail, winning the state's 7 electoral votes by a plurality of 6,765 votes (0.44 percentage points). Bush carried 28 counties to Gore's 8, but Gore's plurality of more than 100,000 votes in Multnomah County (Portland) won the day. Voters faced "the most complex state ballot in Oregon's history;" in addition to the various candidate races, 26 state measures crowded the ballot. General Election Activity |
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