Oregon
Racial Representation Of the voting population of 1,528,980, 8.0% are Latino and 1.5% are black.  There are currently no blacks or Latinos representing Oregon.  Under the proposed super districting system, minority voters supporting a candidate with crossover appeal could elect a candidate of choice in coalition with white voters.
Political Analysis In the 2000 Presidential election, Al Gore won Oregon with 47.1% of the vote over George W. Bush's 46.7%.  The state's overall Democratic partisanship is 48.7%.  Under the current five-district system, two districts can be considered Republican, one can be considered Democratic, and two can be considered competitive.  Under the proposed super districting plan, voters would likely elect two Democrats and two Republicans with one representative who could come from either party.

 

SUPER DISTRICT A - FIVE SEATS
     

            2000 Presidential Vote

     % Black % Latino
State CD Bush (%) Gore (%) Other (%) Total Origin Origin
Oregon 1 131808 (44.0%) 150768 (50.3%) 17057 (5.7%) 299633 1.1% 9.4%
Oregon 2 182924 (59.6%) 105971 (34.5%) 18078 (5.9%) 306973 0.4% 8.8%
Oregon 3 93213 (32.1%) 176831 (60.9%) 20264 (7.0%) 290308 5.2% 7.6%
Oregon 4 156362 (48.7%) 142123 (44.3%) 22601 (7.0%) 321086 0.5% 4.2%
Oregon 5 149276 (48.0%) 144657 (46.5%) 17047 (5.5%) 310980 0.6% 10.3%
Total   713583 (46.7%) 720350 (47.1%) 95047 (6.2%) 1528980 1.5% 8.0%

Winning Percentage:

16.7%
Voting Rights Analysis: Minority voters supporting a candidate with crossover appeal could elect a candidate of choice in coalition with white voters.
District Partisanship: 48.7% This super district would likely elect two Democrats and two
Republicans with one swing seat.

 

This proposal is based on the current congressional districts of Oregon.  Because Oregon only has five congressional districts, all were combined into one super district.