Election Results for Portland, OR-WA Market Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	78,282	11.2
Deaths:	73,055	10.5
Net Migration:	-8,181	-1.2
Net Immigration:	9,790	1.4

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +157,305	D +136,784	D + 3.0%
D +294,089
2020 vs. 2012	R +163,203	D +159,373	D + 4.2%
D +322,576
2020 vs. 2008	R +187,752	D +94,301	R + 0.2%
D +282,053

2016 vs. 2008	R +30,447	R +42,483	R + 3.3%
D -12,036
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	71%	Joe Biden (D)	1,132,344	58.4%	Donald Trump* (R)	743,176	38.4%	62,101 [+]	3.2%	1,937,621	-8	1.22%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 34,555 (1.8%);
2016	62%	Hillary Clinton (D)	838,255	52.4%	Donald Trump (R)	585,871	36.6%	176,235 [+]	11.0%	1,600,361	-9	1.17%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 76,473 (4.8%); Jill Stein (Grn) 37,144 (2.3%); Evan McMullin (I) 66 (0.0%);
2012	59%	Barack Obama* (D)	809,768	56.2%	Mitt Romney (R)	579,973	40.3%	50,084 [+]	3.5%	1,439,825	-7	1.11%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 18,921 (1.3%);
2008	63%	Barack Obama (D)	850,291	58.8%	John McCain (R)	555,424	38.4%	39,585 [+]	2.7%	1,445,300	-7	1.10%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 15,081 (1.0%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 5,647 (0.4%);
2004	66%	John Kerry (D)	765,039	53.5%	George W. Bush* (R)	644,982	45.1%	19,847 [+]	1.4%	1,429,868	-6	1.17%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 1,657 (0.1%);
2000	58%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	589,947	49.7%	George W. Bush (R)	523,136	44.1%	73,068 [+]	6.2%	1,186,151	-4	1.13%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 57,216 (4.8%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 4,727 (0.4%);
1996	57%	Bill Clinton* (D)	526,325	49.6%	Robert Dole (R)	395,674	37.3%	139,126 [+]	13.1%	1,061,125	-3	1.10%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 88,478 (8.3%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 37,456 (3.5%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 5,919 (0.6%);
1992	65%	Bill Clinton (D)	484,222	43.5%	George Bush* (R)	353,096	31.7%	275,553 [+]	24.8%	1,112,871	-6	1.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 267,584 (24.0%);
1988	57%	Michael Dukakis (D)	477,805	52.5%	George Bush (R)	414,937	45.6%	17,798 [+]	2.0%	910,540	-8	0.99%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 9,988 (1.1%);
1984	61%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	497,153	54.3%	Walter Mondale (D)	413,738	45.2%	5,003	0.5%	915,894	-5	0.99%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	61%	Ronald Reagan (R)	401,421	46.2%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	353,484	40.7%	114,221 [+]	13.1%	869,126	-5	1.00%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 86,636 (10.0%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 19,078 (2.2%);
1976	63%	Jimmy Carter (D)	372,665	48.1%	Gerald Ford* (R)	369,533	47.7%	33,121 [+]	4.3%	775,319	0	0.95%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 28,058 (3.6%);
1972	64%	Richard Nixon* (R)	367,755	51.5%	George McGovern (D)	314,006	44.0%	32,342 [+]	4.5%	714,103	-9	0.92%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 30,542 (4.3%);
1968	68%	Richard Nixon (R)	303,494	47.8%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	297,343	46.8%	34,434 [+]	5.4%	635,271	4	0.87%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 32,835 (5.2%);
1964	70%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	397,347	65.3%	Barry Goldwater (R)	209,398	34.4%	2,204	0.4%	608,949	-4	0.86%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	75%	Richard Nixon (R)	316,106	52.3%	John Kennedy (D)	287,506	47.6%	840	0.1%	604,452	3	0.88%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	70%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	311,544	54.2%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	263,161	45.8%	505	0.1%	575,210	-3	0.93%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	70%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	319,058	57.9%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	228,731	41.5%	3,046	0.6%	550,835	3	0.89%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	57%	Harry Truman* (D)	210,608	49.0%	Thomas Dewey (R)	200,951	46.8%	17,931 [+]	4.2%	429,490	2	0.88%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 13,446 (3.1%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	61%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	220,974	54.5%	Thomas Dewey (R)	179,299	44.2%	5,329	1.3%	405,602	-2	0.85%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	67%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	217,424	55.4%	Wendell Willkie (R)	171,885	43.8%	2,828	0.7%	392,137	-1	0.79%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	64%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	227,180	67.0%	Alf Landon (R)	95,719	28.2%	16,157 [+]	4.8%	339,056	-8	0.74%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 13,925 (4.1%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 1,621 (0.5%);
1932	58%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	173,547	59.0%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	104,715	35.6%	16,000 [+]	5.4%	294,262	-4	0.74%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 10,590 (3.6%);
1928	56%	Herbert Hoover (R)	162,439	62.6%	Al Smith (D)	93,045	35.8%	4,200 [+]	1.6%	259,684	4	0.71%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 2,197 (0.8%);
1924	52%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	111,291	50.1%	Robert LaFollette (Prog)	57,238	25.8%	53,543 [+]	24.1%	222,072	-4	0.76%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: John Davis (D) 52,655 (23.7%);
1920	48%	Warren Harding (R)	110,570	58.0%	James Cox (D)	62,380	32.7%	17,745 [+]	9.3%	190,695	-2	0.71%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 7,523 (3.9%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 2,776 (1.5%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 2,051 (1.1%);
1916	42%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	91,558	55.8%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	61,181	37.3%	11,358 [+]	6.9%	164,097	-9	0.89%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 7,346 (4.5%); James Hanly (Proh) 3,796 (2.3%);
1912	31%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	38,054	33.4%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	31,421	27.6%	44,446 [+]	39.0%	113,921	3	0.76%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 29,809 (26.2%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 10,717 (9.4%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 3,859 (3.4%);
1908	28%	William Taft (R)	49,886	57.2%	William J. Bryan (D)	29,576	33.9%	7,799 [+]	8.9%	87,261	6	0.59%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Debs (Soc) 5,428 (6.2%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 2,211 (2.5%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 160 (0.2%);
1904	27%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	47,646	68.8%	Alton Parker (D)	12,415	17.9%	9,230 [+]	13.3%	69,291	12	0.51%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Eugene Debs (Soc) 5,770 (8.3%); Silas Swallow (Proh) 2,859 (4.1%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 557 (0.8%);
1900	32%	William McKinley* (R)	35,913	56.6%	William J. Bryan (D)	23,980	37.8%	3,521 [+]	5.6%	63,414	5	0.45%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 185 (0.3%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 152 (0.2%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

1,132,344

58.4%

Donald Trump* (R)

743,176

38.4%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

34,555

1.8%

Other

27,546

1.4%

TOTAL

1,937,621

Turnout: 71%	Diff (US): -8

2016 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

838,255

52.4%

Donald Trump (R)

585,871

36.6%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

76,473

4.8%

Jill Stein (Grn)

37,144

2.3%

Evan McMullin (I)

0.0%

Other

62,552

3.9%

TOTAL

1,600,361

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): -9

2012 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

809,768

56.2%

Mitt Romney (R)

579,973

40.3%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

18,921

1.3%

Other

31,163

2.2%

TOTAL

1,439,825

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): -7

2008 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

850,291

58.8%

John McCain (R)

555,424

38.4%

Ralph Nader (I)

15,081

1.0%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

5,647

0.4%

Other

18,857

1.3%

TOTAL

1,445,300

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): -7

2004 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

644,982

45.1%

John Kerry (D)

765,039

53.5%

Ralph Nader (I)

1,657

0.1%

Other

18,190

1.3%

TOTAL

1,429,868

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): -6

2000 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

523,136

44.1%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

589,947

49.7%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

57,216

4.8%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

4,727

0.4%

Other

11,125

0.9%

TOTAL

1,186,151

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): -4

1996 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

526,325

49.6%

Robert Dole (R)

395,674

37.3%

Ross Perot (Ref)

88,478

8.3%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

37,456

3.5%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

5,919

0.6%

Other

7,273

0.7%

TOTAL

1,061,125

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -3

1992 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

484,222

43.5%

George Bush* (R)

353,096

31.7%

Ross Perot (I)

267,584

24.0%

Other

7,969

0.7%

TOTAL

1,112,871

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): -6

1988 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

414,937

45.6%

Michael Dukakis (D)

477,805

52.5%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

9,988

1.1%

Other

7,810

0.9%

TOTAL

910,540

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -8

1984 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

497,153

54.3%

Walter Mondale (D)

413,738

45.2%

Other

5,003

0.5%

TOTAL

915,894

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -5

1980 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

401,421

46.2%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

353,484

40.7%

John Anderson (I)

86,636

10.0%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

19,078

2.2%

Other

8,507

1.0%

TOTAL

869,126

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -5

1976 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

372,665

48.1%

Gerald Ford* (R)

369,533

47.7%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

28,058

3.6%

Other

5,063

0.7%

TOTAL

775,319

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

367,755

51.5%

George McGovern (D)

314,006

44.0%

John Schmitz (Amer)

30,542

4.3%

Other

1,800

0.3%

TOTAL

714,103

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): -9

1968 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

303,494

47.8%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

297,343

46.8%

George Wallace (AIP)

32,835

5.2%

Other

1,599

0.3%

TOTAL

635,271

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 4

1964 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

397,347

65.3%

Barry Goldwater (R)

209,398

34.4%

Other

2,204

0.4%

TOTAL

608,949

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): -4

1960 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

287,506

47.6%

Richard Nixon (R)

316,106

52.3%

Other

840

0.1%

TOTAL

604,452

Turnout: 75%	Diff (US): 3

1956 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

311,544

54.2%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

263,161

45.8%

Other

505

0.1%

TOTAL

575,210

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): -3

1952 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

319,058

57.9%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

228,731

41.5%

Other

3,046

0.6%

TOTAL

550,835

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): 3

1948 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

210,608

49.0%

Thomas Dewey (R)

200,951

46.8%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

13,446

3.1%

Other

4,485

1.0%

TOTAL

429,490

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): 2

1944 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

220,974

54.5%

Thomas Dewey (R)

179,299

44.2%

Other

5,329

1.3%

TOTAL

405,602

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -2

1940 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

217,424

55.4%

Wendell Willkie (R)

171,885

43.8%

Other

2,828

0.7%

TOTAL

392,137

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -1

1936 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

227,180

67.0%

Alf Landon (R)

95,719

28.2%

William Lemke (Union)

13,925

4.1%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

1,621

0.5%

Other

611

0.2%

TOTAL

339,056

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): -8

1932 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

173,547

59.0%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

104,715

35.6%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

10,590

3.6%

Other

5,410

1.8%

TOTAL

294,262

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): -4

1928 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

162,439

62.6%

Al Smith (D)

93,045

35.8%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

2,197

0.8%

Other

2,003

0.8%

TOTAL

259,684

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): 4

1924 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

111,291

50.1%

John Davis (D)

52,655

23.7%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

57,238

25.8%

Other

888

0.4%

TOTAL

222,072

Turnout: 52%	Diff (US): -4

1920 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

110,570

58.0%

James Cox (D)

62,380

32.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

7,523

3.9%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

2,051

1.1%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

2,776

1.5%

Other

5,395

2.8%

TOTAL

190,695

Turnout: 48%	Diff (US): -2

1916 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

91,558

55.8%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

61,181

37.3%

Allan Benson (Soc)

7,346

4.5%

James Hanly (Proh)

3,796

2.3%

Other

216

0.1%

TOTAL

164,097

Turnout: 42%	Diff (US): -9

1912 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

38,054

33.4%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

31,421

27.6%

William Taft* (R)

29,809

26.2%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

10,717

9.4%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

3,859

3.4%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

113,921

Turnout: 31%	Diff (US): 3

1908 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

49,886

57.2%

William J. Bryan (D)

29,576

33.9%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

5,428

6.2%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

2,211

2.5%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

160

0.2%

TOTAL

87,261

Turnout: 28%	Diff (US): 6

1904 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

47,646

68.8%

Alton Parker (D)

12,415

17.9%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

5,770

8.3%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

2,859

4.1%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

557

0.8%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

69,291

Turnout: 27%	Diff (US): 12

1900 President, Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

35,913

56.6%

William J. Bryan (D)

23,980

37.8%

John Woolley (Proh)

185

0.3%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

152

0.2%

Other

3,184

5.0%

TOTAL

63,414

Turnout: 32%	Diff (US): 5

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	2,499,057	71.51%	4.4%
Black:	88,207	2.52%	34.0%
Indian:	33,283	0.95%	8.6%
Asian:	231,431	6.62%	53.3%
2+ races:	129,768	3.71%	40.6%
Hispanic:	512,886	14.68%	37.2%

Total non-White:	995,575	28.49%	38.6%

Change in White population:	104,203	3.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	277,343	8.9

Portland, OR-WA Market Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Portland, OR-WA Market Area