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Primary Rules
See Oregon primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
Oregon lists multiple primary classifications: Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential. Partially Closed: Democratic State and Republican State. Eligibility can depend on the party, office, ballot type, and election cycle.
Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential. Partially Closed: Democratic State and Republican State.
Primary rules can vary by party, office, and election cycle. Confirm your current ballot eligibility with state election officials, your local election office, or the relevant political party.
The delegate totals on this page are historical 2024 presidential cycle data. They help explain the last presidential allocation cycle but should not be treated as current-cycle delegate counts.
Primary Type
Oregon is modeled as partially closed because state law allows major political parties to decide whether to open their primary elections to voters not affiliated with the party before the Primary Election. Major political parties in Oregon choose to hold closed primaries. In a closed primary, only voters who are registered members of a party can vote for the...
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
The Democratic party will send a total of 68 Delegate Votes (56 Pledged, 12 unpledged) and 5 Alternate delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The party will use a proportional representation system based on the results of the Presidential Primary...
2024 Republican Delegates
The Republican party will send a total of 31 Delegate Votes (18 district-level, 10 at-large, 3 RNC) and 28 Alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention. All 31 of Oregon's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to the...
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Questions
Oregon is listed with the following primary type classification: Closed, Partially Closed.
Oregon lists multiple primary classifications: Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential. Partially Closed: Democratic State and Republican State. Eligibility can depend on the party, office, ballot type, and election cycle.
Oregon can list different classifications for presidential, state, congressional, Democratic, Republican, or nonpartisan contests. The page lists the model breakdown as: Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential. Partially Closed: Democratic State and Republican State.
The model lists 68 Democratic delegate votes and 31 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for Oregon are historical 2024 presidential cycle data where listed. Confirm current-cycle delegate plans with official party materials or state election sources.
Use state election materials, party materials, and selected reference links where available. This page links to Voting in Primary Elections and www.ncsl.org - Primary Types.