Editing Portland, Oregon (section)

===State and national politics===
Portland strongly favors the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]; registered Democrats (51.2%) outnumber [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] (10.5%) nearly 5 to 1. All city offices are [[non-partisan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandonline.com/Auditor/Index.cfm?a=9178&c=27481|work=Portland Online|title=City Government Structure|author=Caballero, Mary Hull|access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref> However, almost all of the city's elected officials are known to be Democrats. [[Fred L. Peterson]] in 1952 is the city's last elected Republican mayor, and no Republican has served as mayor even on an interim basis since [[Connie McCready]] held the post from 1979 to 1980.

Portland is split among three of Oregon's U.S. [[congressional districts]]. Most of the city is in the [[Oregon's 3rd congressional district|3rd District]], represented by [[Maxine Dexter]] (D-Portland). Most of the city west of the Willamette River is part of the [[Oregon's 1st congressional district|1st District]], represented by [[Suzanne Bonamici]] (D-Beaverton). A small portion of southeastern Portland is in the [[Oregon's 5th congressional district|5th District]], currently represented by Democrat [[Janelle Bynum]]. [[Lori Chavez-DeRemer]] was the first [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to represent a significant portion of the city in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] since 1975, from 2023 to 2025. Both of Oregon's senators, [[Ron Wyden]] and [[Jeff Merkley]], are progressive Democrats from Portland.

In the [[United States presidential election in Oregon, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democratic candidate [[Barack Obama]] easily carried Portland, winning 245,464 votes from city residents to 50,614 for his [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] rival, [[John McCain]]. In the [[United States presidential election in Oregon, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democratic candidate [[Barack Obama]] again easily carried Portland, winning 256,925 votes from Multnomah county residents to 70,958 for his [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] rival, [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite web|work=The Oregonian|title=Oregon 2012 Election Results for Multnomah County|access-date=April 1, 2018|url=http://gov.oregonlive.com/election/2012/Multnomah/|archive-date=December 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229022748/https://gov.oregonlive.com/election/2012/Multnomah/}}</ref>

[[Sam Adams (Oregon politician)|Sam Adams]], the former mayor of Portland, became the city's first openly gay mayor in 2009.<ref>Mary Judetz, "[http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2008581877_portlandmayor02m.html Portland: Largest U.S. city with openly gay mayor] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117051513/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2008581877_portlandmayor02m.html |date=January 17, 2013 }}" (January 2, 2009). Associated Press. ''The Seattle Times''. Retrieved January 11, 2013.</ref> In 2004, 59.7 percent of Multnomah County voters cast ballots against [[Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004)|Oregon Ballot Measure 36]], which amended the [[Oregon Constitution]] to prohibit recognition of [[same-sex marriage]]s. The measure passed with 56.6% of the statewide vote. Multnomah County is one of two counties where a majority voted against the initiative; the other is [[Benton County, Oregon|Benton County]], which includes [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]], home of [[Oregon State University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2004&off=60&elect=0&fips=41&f=0|title=Oregon Measure 36 Results by County|publisher=Uselectionatlas.org|access-date=October 16, 2010}}</ref> On April 28, 2005, Portland became the only city in the nation to withdraw from a [[Joint Terrorism Task Force]].<ref name="ACLU20050428">{{cite web|url=http://www.aclu-or.org/content/fbis-joint-terrorism-task-force|title=FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force|publisher=ACLU Oregon|date=April 28, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025081430/http://aclu-or.org/content/fbis-joint-terrorism-task-force|archive-date=October 25, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="WashExam20101128BY">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2010/11/politically-correct-portland-rejected-feds-who-saved-city-terrori|title=Politically correct Portland rejected feds who saved city from terrorist attack|work=San Francisco Examiner|date=November 28, 2010|archive-date=May 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522114907/http://www.sfexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2010/11/politically-correct-portland-rejected-feds-who-saved-city-terrori}}</ref> As of February 19, 2015, the Portland city council approved permanently staffing the JTTF with two of its city's police officers.<ref>{{cite web|title=After 10-year hiatus, Portland OKs cops for FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/02/after_10-year_hiatus_portland.html|work=The Oregonian|author=Schmidt, Brad|date=February 19, 2015|access-date=September 7, 2015}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable style=margin:auto
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment {{as of|2022|January|lc=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://multco.us/file/35875/download|title=District Voter Counts|work=Multnomah County|date=January 6, 2022|access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Number of voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 253,789
| style="text-align:center;"| 55.55%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 36,763
| style="text-align:center;"| 8.05%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unaffiliated
| style="text-align:center;"| 138,751
| style="text-align:center;"| 30.37%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| Libertarian
| style="text-align:center;"| 2,752
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.60%
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}}
| Pacific Green
| style="text-align:center;"| 2,298
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.50%
|-
| {{party color cell|Constitution Party (United States)}}
| Constitution
| style="text-align:center;"| 298
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.07%
|-
| {{party color cell|Other parties (United States)}}
| Other
| style="text-align:center;"| 22,245
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.87%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! style="text-align:center;"| 456,896
! style="text-align:center;"| 100%
|}