Like many other US states, Oregon politics is largely related to regional issues. Oregon supports Democrats as states, with both US Senators from the Democratic Party, as well as four out of five US Oregon Representatives. The country has chosen Democrats, with relatively small margins, since 1988 in presidential elections. Both Oregon legislative assemblies have been under Democratic control since the 2012 elections.
The state is split into two main geographically dispersed political regions: the liberal cities of the Willamette Valley and other states, whose voters move from conservative to libertarian. While some 47% of Oregon's population lives in the Portland metropolitan area by 2013, the state has a rural population with a conservative general view of same-sex marriage and state taxes. However, on most other issues, states tend to be very lagging, including public health care, medical marijuana, dying assistance and environmental protection.
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Histori
For the first half of the 20th century, Oregon was the most consistent Republican west coast state. In 1954, the outrage of Republican Senator Guy Cordon's Democratic Democrat Richard L. Neuberger, along with Democratic victories in the US and statewide parliament and pickups of fourteen and two seats in the state and Senate, respectively, marking the start of shifting towards the Democratic Party. Oregon's last Republican governor was Victor G. Atiyeh, who served from 1979-1987. Since 1988, Oregon voters have consistently liked Democratic candidates for most of the elected positions, including the US presidency.
The longest serving governor in Oregon history was John Kitzhaber, who served two consecutive periods as governor, then left the office before returning to office by winning a third term in 2010 ahead of Republic and former Portland Trail Blazer Chris Dudley and the 2014 election against Dennis Richardson's Republic. Kitzhaber submitted his resignation in February 2015 after allegations of financial loyalty involving his colleague Cylvia Hayes, and certain lobbying efforts.
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Political geography
Oregon's politics are largely divided by the Cascade Mountains, with most western Oregon lean Democrats and eastern Oregon leaning Republicans. Republicans have several forts in the western part of the country, however, such as Linn County, where Republican presidential candidates have won in every election since 1980. Southern Oregon is also a Republican stronghold, except in Jackson County, which often opts for Republican candidates and Democrats.
At the 1998 governor's election, the only area Republican candidate Bill Sizemore won was Malheur County.
Based on voting data from the 2012 presidential election, Ontario in Malheur County is rated as the most Republican in the state. Gresham in Multnomah County is rated as the most Democrat.
In the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump candidate performed best in Lake County, where he received 77% of the vote. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton performed best in Multnomah County, where she received 73% of the vote. The libertarian candidate Gary Johnson performed best in Gilliam County, where he received 8% of the vote.
The last time a Democrat won every county in the state the presidential election was in 1936, when Franklin D. Roosevelt brought all the districts. The last time a Republican reached this achievement was in 1928, when every county was won by Herbert Hoover. The last time a third-party candidate won a county was in 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt brought Clatsop, Columbia, Jackson, and Washington into part of a Progressive ticket.
Main issues
Major issues in Oregon include:
- Jobs
- Environmental protection
- Native American relations (especially in the case of gambling and casinos)
- General health care
- Public transport
- School funding
- Taxes
- Land use
Population political ideology
Similar to the West Coast states of California and Washington, Oregon has a high percentage of people identifying as liberals. A Gallup 2013 poll that surveyed the political ideology of people in each state found that people in Oregon were identified as:
- 34.8% is
- 33.6% conservative (10th conservative state most )
- 27.9% liberal (5th liberal state most )
Another study of the country's political ideology notes that conservative states are the most conservative of any country (over Utah or Tennessee) and that liberal countries are more liberal than states (over Vermont or D.C.).
Political party
According to the state electoral institution, by December 2017, there were 2,652,935 registered voters in Oregon, with their highest (lowest to lowest) party affiliation as follows:
- 36.1% Democratic Party
- 30.5% "Not affiliated" with any party
- 26.3% Republicans
- 4.5% Independent Party
- 0.7% Libertarian Party
- 0.4% Working Family Party
- 0.4% Pacific Green Party
- 0.1% Constitution Party
- & lt; 0.1% Progressive Party
- 0.7% with other political parties
See also
- The strength of political parties in Oregon
References
External links
- Oregon Politics in Curlie (based on DMOZ)
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