alevin
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Well, if Wiki is to be believed, conservatives outweigh libs, even in OreGONE, and hardcore conservatives even outweigh hardcore liberals there as well. Since 1988, somehow the blue voters have outshouted the red voters, it seems. 1988 was the year of the big shift in elections dominance for some reason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Oregon
Population's political ideologySimilar to the West Coast states of California and Washington, Oregon has a high percentage of people who identify as liberals. A 2013 Gallup poll that surveyed the political ideology of residents in every state found that people in Oregon identified as:[SUP][20][/SUP]
Another study on the state's political ideology noted that the state's conservatives were the most conservative of any state (more so than Utah or Tennessee) and that the state's liberals were more liberal than any state (more so than Vermont or D.C.).[SUP][21]
- 34.8% moderate
- 33.6% conservative )
- 27.9% liberal
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[TABLE="class: wikitable"]
[TR]
[TH]Year[/TH]
[TH]Republican[/TH]
[TH]Democratic[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]2012[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]42.15% 754,175[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]54.24% 970,488[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]2008[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]40.40% 738,475[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]56.75% 1,037,291[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]2004[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]47.19% 866,831[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]51.35% 943,163[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]2000[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]46.46% 713,577[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]47.01% 720,342[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1996[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]39.06% 538,152[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]47.15% 649,641[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1992[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]32.53% 475,757[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]42.48% 621,314[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1988[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]46.61% 560,126[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]51.28% 616,206[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1984[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]55.91% 685,700[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]43.74% 536,479[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1980[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]48.33% 571,044[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]38.67% 456,890[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1976[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]47.78% 492,120[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]47.62% 490,407[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1972[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]52.45% 486,686[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]42.33% 392,760[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1968[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]49.83% 408,433[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]43.78% 358,866[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1964[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]35.96% 282,779[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]63.72% 501,017[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1960[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]52.56% 408,060[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]47.32% 367,402[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1956[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]55.25% 406,393[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]44.75% 329,204[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]1952[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFF3F3"]60.54% 420,815[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #F0F0FF"]38.93% 270,579[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Oregon