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Like many other U.S. states, the politics of Oregon largely concerns regional issues. Oregon leans Democratic as a state, with both U.S Senators from the Democratic party, as well as four out of Oregon's five U.S. Representatives. The state has voted Democratic, by relatively small margins, since 1988 in presidential elections. Both houses of Oregon's legislative assembly have been under Democratic control since the 2012 elections.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://gov.oregonlive.com/election/2012/Legislature/ )〕 The state is broken up into two main geographically separate political areas: the liberal cities of the Willamette Valley and the rest of the state, whose voters are moving from conservative to libertarian.〔 While about 47% of the population of Oregon lives in the Portland metropolitan area as of 2013,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State & County QuickFacts: Oregon )〕 the state has a rural population with generally conservative views on same-sex marriage and state taxes. On most other issues, however, the state leans considerably left, including on public health care,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oregon Health Plan )〕 medical marijuana, euthanasia〔Oregon Death with Dignity Act〕 and environmental protections. ==History== For the first half of the 20th century, Oregon was the most consistently Republican west coast state. In 1954, the upset of incumbent Republican Senator Guy Cordon by Democrat Richard L. Neuberger, along with Democratic wins in the U.S. House and statewide races and pickups of fourteen and two seats in the state House and Senate, respectively, signaled a strong shift towards the Democratic Party.〔 The last Republican governor of Oregon was Victor G. Atiyeh, who served from 1979–1987 and died in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Governor Victor G. Atiyeh's Administration: Biographical Note )〕 The most prolific governor in Oregon history is John Kitzhaber, who had served two consecutive terms as governor before winning a third from Republican debutant and former Portland Trail Blazer Chris Dudley and a fourth from Republican debutant Dennis Richardson. In 1994, Oregon became the first U.S. state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Politics of Oregon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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