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1876–2024
Congressional District 3·Oregon

Oregon 3rd Congressional District has voted Democratic in sixteen straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
OR
Latest
D+51
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
750,256
2024 ACS

Oregon 3rd Congressional District, Oregon: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+51%. Republican peak: R+61 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+51MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
750,2562024 5-year
Median household income
$91,1772024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
69.6%2024 5-year
Black
4.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
13.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+52 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+61 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
4 counties · 3 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+51.5%
291,66587,873395,950
D
+52.0%
325,65598,387436,868
D
+47.3%
256,45379,987373,445
D
+45.7%
240,77685,740339,333
D
+47.9%
246,94884,035340,051
D
+36.0%
228,668106,497339,461
D
+28.3%
168,13889,155278,959
D
+27.7%
143,68073,524252,905
D
+26.1%
144,91972,461277,233
D
+20.5%
142,13792,985239,614
D
+4.4%
125,315114,718241,211
D
+4.2%
105,40295,637233,849
D
+4.9%
112,642101,673224,536
D
+0.9%
106,278104,298219,011
D
+5.8%
104,38892,447207,297
D
+32.0%
135,23469,491205,623
R
−2.0%
102,940107,252210,480
R
−6.1%
95,680108,169203,848
R
−11.5%
87,338110,219198,659
D
+3.2%
76,49571,502155,181
D
+13.8%
85,53864,607152,140
D
+13.2%
79,82861,076141,809
D
+42.4%
87,16634,136125,136
D
+23.7%
64,48638,681108,666
R
−24.9%
36,66061,53999,829
R
−27.2%
17,95639,73480,094
R
−22.8%
22,64637,21663,937
R
−7.1%
29,67434,39066,786
O
+11.4%
11,6177,77233,587
R
−26.5%
8,32114,99725,168
R
−60.5%
1,94911,12215,153
R
−34.2%
3,8178,14212,651
R
−26.6%
5,5529,68015,510
R
−35.4%
1,7266,58413,727
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.6%
English
13.4%
Irish
11.4%
American
4.1%
Italian
4.0%
Scottish
3.1%
French
2.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
1.9%
75–84
2.5%
4.6%
65–74
5.0%
5.8%
55–64
5.6%
7.0%
45–54
6.6%
8.4%
35–44
8.2%
8.4%
25–34
8.5%
3.8%
18–24
3.8%
6.9%
5–17
6.7%
2.4%
<5
2.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$91,177
Congressional District 3 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 3$91,177
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.6%
Working age (18–64)11.4%
Seniors (65+)12.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
82.0%
speak English only
Spanish8.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.9%
Other Indo-European3.6%
Other languages1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
16.1%
Other Christian
11.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Non-Christian
1.9%
Baptist
1.2%
Methodist
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Oregon 3rd Congressional District sits in the Pacific Northwest. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 3 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in Oregon 3rd Congressional District reached its widest at fifty-two points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was fifty-one points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $91,177, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 750,256 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Congressional District 3, Oregon — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/4103/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 3, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 3, Oregon voted Democratic by 51.5 points (D+51), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 395,950 votes cast, 291,665 went Democratic and 87,873 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 3, Oregon's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 3, Oregon as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Congressional District 3, Oregon last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 3, Oregon voted Republican was 1960.
How many people live in Congressional District 3, Oregon?
Congressional District 3, Oregon has a population of 750,256 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 3, Oregon?
Median household income in Congressional District 3, Oregon is $91,177 — above the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Congressional District 3, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 3, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.