OREGON 7 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Oregon Secretary of State)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.
3,899,353
Total Registration, Nov. 6, 2012
2,199,360

Dem. 872,361 (39.66%)   Rep. 684,858 (31.14%)   NAff. 490,749 (22.31%)   AmEl. 59   Const. 3,353   Ind. 92,958 (4.23%)   Lib. 15,157   PG 10,979   Prog. 1,994   WF 3,980    Other 23,002 (1.05%)   
Oregon has: 36 counties, 240 incorp. cities.
Largest counties: Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Lane, Marion. >
Largest cities (100,000-plus): Portland, Eugene, Salem, Gresham. >

Government
Governor: John Kitzhaber (D) elected 2010. 
State Legislature: Oregon Legislature   House: 60 seats  Senate: 30 seats
Local: Cities, Counties, Regional...  NACO Counties
U.S. House: 4D, 1R - 1. S.Bonamici (D) | 2. G.Walden (R) | 3. E.Blumenauer (D) | 4. P.DeFazio (D) | 5. K.Schrader (D).
U.S. Senate: Jeff Merkley (R) elected in 2008, Ron Wyden (D) re-elected in 2010.
2012
U.S. House: All five Members were re-elected; the closest contest was in the 5th CD, where Rep. Kurt Schrader (D) won a third term by a comfortable margin, defeating Fred Thompson (R) by 54.04% to 42.45%.
State Legislature:
16 of 30 Senate seats and all 60 House seats were up.  The balance in the House went from 30D, 30R to 34D, 26R and the Senate remained at 16D, 14R.
Ballot Measures: Oregonians voted on nine ballot measures, approving four and defeating five.  Among the measures approved, Measure 79 amended the Constitution to prohibit new real estate transfer taxes, fees and other assessments.  Among the measures defeated, Measure 80 would have allowed personal marijuana cultivation.

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The Beaver State 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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.



Official Results >


+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
970,488 (54.24)
Stein/Honkala (PG)
19,427 (1.09)
Anderson/Rodriguez (Prog.)
3,384
(0.19)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
24,089
(1.35)
Romney/Ryan (Rep.)
754,175
(42.15)
Christensen/Gibbs (Const.)
4,432
(0.25)
Misc.
13,275
(0.74)
Total........1,789,270


Total ballots returned: 1,820,507.
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]

Primary Election -- Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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

+Barack Obama 309,358
94.79%
Misc. 16,998
5.21%

326,356

Republicans
28 Delegates: 3 RNC; 10 at-large; 15 by CD (3 x 5).
1.22% of the 2,286 Delegates.

Rick Santorum
27,042
9.39%
Ron Paul
36,810
12.78%
Newt Gingrich
15,451
5.37%
+Mitt Romney
204,176
70.91%
Misc.
4,476
1.55%

287,955

  

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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.


                           Official Results >


Nader/Gonzalez (Peace)
18,614 (1.02)
McKinney/Clemente (PG)
4,543 (0.25)
McCain/Palin (Rep.)
738,475 (40.40)
Barr/Root (Lib.)
7,635 (0.42)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.)
7,693 (0.42)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
1,037,291 (56.75)
Misc.
13,613 (0.74)
Total........1,827,864


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  

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
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.

RegistrationDem. 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.

Official Results


+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
943,163
(51.35)
Cobb/LaMarche (Pac.)
5,315
(0.29)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.) 5,257 (0.29)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 7,260
(0.40)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
866,831
(47.19)
Misc.
8,956
(0.49)
Total........1,836,782
 




Number voting on Nov. 2.......1,851,671
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

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population*: 2,364,402.

VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.9%.

The election was conducted entirely by mail. 

First day for mailing ballots: Oct. 20, 2000.  


Registration:
Dem. 769,195 (39.37%)   Rep. 699,179 (35.78%)   NAff. 428,406 (21.92%)   Others 57,226 (2.93%)   ...Total 1,954,006.

Registration deadline: Oct. 17, 2000.


Official Results        


Buchanan/Foster (Ind.)
7,063
(0.46)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
713,577
(46.52)
Nader/LaDuke (Pac.)
77,357
(5.04)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (Ref.)
2,574
(0.17)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
2,189
(0.14)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
720,342
(46.96)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
7,447
(0.49)
Misc.
3,419
(0.22)
Total........1,533,968

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

1992 and 1996 General Elections
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Clinton (Dem.).......621,314 (42.48)
Bush (Rep.)............475,757 (32.53)
Perot (IIPO)...........354,091
(24.21)
Others (2 + w/ins)....11,481
(0.78)
Total........1,462,643

1996
Clinton (Dem.).......649,641 (47.15)
Dole (Rep.)............538,152 (39.06)
Perot (Ref.)...........121,221
(8.79)
Nader (Pac.)............49,415
(3.59)
Others (4+misc.)......19,331
(1.40)
Total........1,377,760