2020 United States presidential election in Oregon
2020 United States presidential election in Oregon Turnout 81.97% (of registered voters)
County results
Congressional district results
Precinct results
Biden
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Trump
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Tie/No Data
The 2020 United States presidential election in Oregon was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.[ 1] Oregon voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party 's nominee, President Donald Trump , and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden , and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris . Oregon has seven electoral votes in the Electoral College.[ 2]
Biden won 56.45% of the vote to 40.37% for Trump. Biden received Oregon's seven electoral votes in the Electoral College.[ 3] The state certified its election results on December 3.[ 4]
Biden won Oregon by 16.09%, an increase from Hillary Clinton 's 11% victory margin in 2016 . No Republican presidential candidate has won Oregon since Ronald Reagan of neighboring California in 1984 . Biden flipped two counties Trump won in 2016: Marion County , home to the state capital of Salem ; and Deschutes County , anchored by fast-growing Bend . This marked the first time since 1964 that a Democrat won an outright majority in Deschutes County, although Democratic presidential nominees in 1976 and 1992 had carried the county with pluralities.[ 5]
Biden was the first Democrat since Woodrow Wilson in 1916 to win the presidency without carrying Columbia County and Tillamook County . Tillamook and Columbia counties were among a fraction of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. to vote twice for Barack Obama (in 2008 and 2012 ) and twice for Trump (in 2016 and 2020).[ 6] Biden also made history as the highest vote earner in Oregon history, with 1,340,383 votes, and Biden was able to achieve stronger swings leftward in 28 of Oregon's 36 counties than Hillary Clinton in 2016. Per exit polls by the Associated Press , 33% of voters were secular and supported Biden by 80%.[ 7]
Primary elections
The Oregon primary elections were held on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.
Republican primary
Donald Trump ran unopposed in Oregon, receiving the state's 28 delegates to the Republican National Convention[ 8]
2020 Oregon Republican presidential primary[ 9]
Candidate
Votes
%
Delegates[ 10]
Donald Trump (incumbent)
363,785
93.70
28
Write-ins
24,461
6.30
0
Total
388,246
100.00
28
Democratic primary
Though all Democrats but Joe Biden had withdrawn from the national race by the Oregon primary, four remained on the ballot. Biden won just under two-thirds of the vote. Bernie Sanders received just over 20% of the vote. Oregon's 71 delegates were allocated with 46 to Biden and 15 to Sanders.[ 8]
Independent Party of Oregon primary
The Independent Party of Oregon cross-nominated Joe Biden after an online nonpartisan blanket primary .[ 13]
Howie Hawkins won the Oregon Green Party primary .
General election
Final predictions
Polling
Graphical summary
Polls
Aggregate polls
Polls
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size[ b]
Marginof error
Donald Trump Republican
Joe Biden Democratic
Jo Jorgensen Libertarian
Howie Hawkins Pacific Green
Other
Undecided
SurveyMonkey /Axios [ 30]
Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020
3,543 (LV)
± 2.5%
39%[ c]
59%
–
–
–
–
Swayable [ 31]
Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2020
324 (LV)
± 7.3%
37%
60%
1%
1%
–
–
SurveyMonkey /Axios [ 30]
Oct 1–28, 2020
5,422 (LV)
–
38%
61%
–
–
–
–
SurveyMonkey /Axios [ 30]
Sep 1–30, 2020
2,109 (LV)
–
38%
61%
–
–
–
2%
Civiqs /Daily Kos [ 32]
Sep 26–29, 2020
944 (LV)
± 3.5%
39%
56%
–
–
3%[ d]
2%
DHM Research [ 33]
Sep 3–8, 2020
502 (LV)
± 4%
39%
51%
–
–
6%[ e]
4%
SurveyMonkey /Axios [ 30]
Aug 1–31, 2020
1,648 (LV)
–
38%
60%
–
–
–
2%
SurveyMonkey /Axios [ 30]
Jul 1–31, 2020
1,890 (LV)
–
38%
61%
–
–
–
1%
SurveyMonkey /Axios [ 30]
Jun 8–30, 2020
872 (LV)
–
39%
59%
–
–
–
2%
Results
By county
County
Joe Biden Democratic
Donald Trump Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Baker
2,346
23.62%
7,352
74.02%
234
2.36%
-5,006
-50.40%
9,932
Benton
35,827
67.86%
14,878
28.18%
2,094
3.96%
20,949
39.68%
52,799
Clackamas
139,043
53.96%
110,509
42.89%
8,127
3.15%
28,534
11.07%
257,679
Clatsop
12,916
54.02%
10,218
42.74%
776
3.24%
2,698
11.28%
23,910
Columbia
13,835
42.94%
17,150
53.23%
1,236
3.83%
-3,315
-10.29%
32,221
Coos
14,243
38.42%
21,829
58.88%
1,003
2.70%
-7,586
-20.46%
37,075
Crook
3,801
24.61%
11,287
73.06%
360
2.33%
-7,486
-48.45%
15,448
Curry
6,058
40.59%
8,484
56.84%
383
2.57%
-2,426
-16.25%
14,925
Deschutes
65,962
52.67%
55,646
44.43%
3,626
2.90%
10,316
8.24%
125,234
Douglas
19,160
29.78%
43,298
67.29%
1,891
2.93%
-24,138
-37.51%
64,349
Gilliam
324
27.50%
834
70.80%
20
1.70%
-510
-43.30%
1,178
Grant
929
20.21%
3,545
77.13%
122
2.66%
-2,616
-56.92%
4,596
Harney
894
19.95%
3,475
77.55%
112
2.50%
-2,581
-57.60%
4,481
Hood River
8,764
66.95%
3,955
30.21%
371
2.84%
4,809
36.74%
13,090
Jackson
59,478
46.77%
63,869
50.23%
3,818
3.00%
-4,391
-3.46%
127,165
Jefferson
4,393
36.88%
7,189
60.35%
331
2.77%
-2,796
-23.47%
11,913
Josephine
18,451
35.73%
31,751
61.48%
1,439
2.79%
-13,300
-25.75%
51,641
Klamath
10,388
28.29%
25,308
68.91%
1,030
2.80%
-14,920
-40.62%
36,726
Lake
792
18.15%
3,470
79.53%
101
2.32%
-2,678
-61.38%
4,363
Lane
134,366
60.46%
80,336
36.15%
7,551
3.39%
54,030
24.31%
222,253
Lincoln
17,385
56.58%
12,460
40.55%
881
2.87%
4,925
16.03%
30,726
Linn
26,512
36.50%
43,486
59.87%
2,642
3.63%
-16,974
-23.37%
72,640
Malheur
3,260
27.62%
8,187
69.36%
357
3.02%
-4,927
-41.74%
11,804
Marion
80,872
48.86%
79,002
47.73%
5,660
3.41%
1,870
1.13%
165,534
Morrow
1,371
26.79%
3,586
70.07%
161
3.14%
-2,215
-43.28%
5,118
Multnomah
367,249
79.21%
82,995
17.90%
13,415
2.89%
284,254
61.31%
463,659
Polk
22,917
47.46%
23,732
49.14%
1,642
3.40%
-815
-1.68%
48,291
Sherman
260
21.52%
921
76.24%
27
2.24%
-661
-54.72%
1,208
Tillamook
8,066
47.76%
8,354
49.47%
468
2.77%
-288
-1.71%
16,888
Umatilla
10,707
32.41%
21,270
64.38%
1,061
3.21%
-10,563
-31.97%
33,038
Union
4,254
28.47%
10,298
68.91%
392
2.62%
-6,044
-40.44%
14,944
Wallowa
1,625
31.56%
3,404
66.11%
120
2.33%
-1,779
-34.55%
5,149
Wasco
6,604
46.74%
7,035
49.79%
491
3.47%
-431
-3.05%
14,130
Washington
209,940
65.54%
99,073
30.93%
11,313
3.53%
110,867
34.61%
320,326
Wheeler
217
22.49%
711
73.68%
37
3.83%
-494
-51.19%
965
Yamhill
27,174
46.12%
29,551
50.15%
2,198
3.73%
-2,377
-4.03%
58,923
Totals
1,340,383
56.45%
958,448
40.37%
75,490
3.18%
381,935
16.08%
2,374,321
Swing by county
Democratic — +10–12.5%
Democratic — +7.5–10%
Democratic — +5–7.5%
Democratic — +2.5–5%
Democratic — +0–2.5%
Republican — +0–2.5%
Republican — +2.5–5%
Republican — +5–7.5%
Republican — +7.5–10%
Trend relative to the state by county
Democratic — +10–12.5%
Democratic — +7.5–10%
Democratic — +5–7.5%
Democratic — +2.5–5%
Democratic — +0–2.5%
Republican — +0–2.5%
Republican — +2.5–5%
Republican — +5–7.5%
Republican — +7.5–10%
County flips
Democratic
Hold
Gain from Republican
Republican
Hold
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
By congressional district
Biden won 4 out of 5 congressional districts in Oregon.
Analysis
Edison exit polls
2020 presidential election in Oregon by demographic subgroup (Edison exit polling)[ 36] [ 37]
Demographic subgroup
Biden
Trump
% of
total vote
Total vote
56.45
40.37
100
Ideology
Liberals
96
4
33
Moderates
66
30
37
Conservatives
8
92
30
Party
Democrats
98
2
36
Republicans
7
93
24
Independents
52
43
41
Gender
Men
51
45
50
Women
63
35
50
Race/ethnicity
White
58
39
85
Non-white
–
–
15
Age
18–29 years old
–
–
17
30–44 years old
62
34
24
45–64 years old
52
48
35
65 and older
54
44
24
Sexual orientation
LGBT
–
–
8
Not LGBT
55
42
92
Education
High school or less
38
62
24
Some college education
57
37
34
Associate degree
57
41
12
Bachelor's degree
67
30
17
Postgraduate degree
78
18
13
Region
Multnomah County
–
–
20
Portland suburbs
63
35
26
Willamette /Northwest
51
45
29
East/South
39
57
25
Area type
Urban
75
23
32
Suburban
52
44
50
Rural
37
58
18
Family's financial situation today
Better than four years ago
27
71
41
Worse than four years ago
84
9
17
About the same
73
24
42
See also
Notes
^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
^ Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
^ Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
^ "Someone else" with 3%
^ "Someone else" with 6%
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