Situated on the West Coast, which has become a reliably Democratic stronghold, Oregon is a relatively blue state.

The last Republican presidential nominee to carry Oregon was Ronald Reagan in his 1984 landslide reelection.

Here are their last predictions before election day: Obama won every single pre-election poll.

[18] Voters in Oregon have a strong penchant for advancing the protection of civil liberties and individual freedoms, liberal values that have given Democrats a big edge in the state in recent years.

As Oregon was expected to be easily won by Obama, it was called for him as soon as the polls in the state closed.

Ultimately, Obama's strong support in the more urban Willamette Valley, home to two-thirds of the state's population, would have allowed him to win the state decisively in any event, coupled with the counties making up the northern half of the Oregon Coast.

These two areas compose the core of each party's votes: rural Oregon is strongly Republican and culturally similar to Idaho, while the Willamette Valley—especially the cities of Portland and Eugene—heavily favors the Democrats.

Prior to Joe Biden in 2020, this was the closest a Democratic candidate came to winning Deschutes County after the 1992 presidential election.

[1] During the same election, Democratic Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives Jeff Merkley defeated incumbent Republican U.S.

Barack Obama carried four of the state's five congressional districts in Oregon, all held by Democrats.