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As elsewhere in the state, the Republican turnout is leading the Democrat turnout in most locations. For the rest of Lane County, please see: http://lindholmcompanyblog.com/?p=4129

Republican Surge is defined as the Turnout among Republicans minus the Turnout among Democrats. Usually a plus 5 percent is a large amount. Turnout is defined as the percentage of registered voters eligible for the election who have returned ballots. The map is centered on the point of no net Republican surge.

Data is current as of Friday morning, October 29.

Source of map: Lane Council of Governments
Source of data: Lane County Elections; Oregon Secretary of State

Republicans appear to be turning out in greater numbers than Democrats in more areas, but not by lopsided amounts.

Republican Surge is defined as the Turnout among Republicans minus the Turnout among Democrats. Usually a plus 5 percent is a large amount. Turnout is defined as the percentage of registered voters eligible for the election who have returned ballots. The map is centered on the point of no net Republican surge.

Data is current as of Friday morning, October 29.

Source of map: Lane Council of Governments
Source of data: Lane County Elections; Oregon Secretary of State

There isn’t yet much of a Republican surge pattern inside Portland. In general, however, Republicans are turning out faster than Democrats in most areas. For the rest of the Tri-County area, please see: http://lindholmcompanyblog.com/?p=4125.

Republican Surge is defined as the Turnout among Republicans minus the Turnout among Democrats. Usually a plus 5 percent is a large amount. Turnout is defined as the percentage of registered voters eligible for the election who have returned ballots. The map is centered on the point of no net Republican surge.

Data is current as of Friday morning, October 29.

Source of map: Metro
Source of data: Oregon Secretary of State

There is not nearly the pattern with the Republican surge as one sees with the turnout. However, in general, the Republican surge appears to be strongest on the west side of the Willamette River.

Republican Surge is defined as the Turnout among Republicans minus the Turnout among Democrats. Usually a plus 5 percent is a large amount. Turnout is defined as the percentage of registered voters eligible for the election who have returned ballots. The map is centered on the point of no net Republican surge.

Data is current as of Friday morning, October 29.

Source of map: Metro
Source of data: Oregon Secretary of State

Within the Eugene-Springfield metro area, the turnout is lowest in the more Democratic areas of central Eugene. For the turnout by precinct in the rest of Lane County, please see: http://lindholmcompanyblog.com/?p=4122.

Turnout is defined as the percentage of registered voters eligible for the election who have returned ballots. The map is centered on the statewide median.

Data is current as of Friday morning, October 29.

Source of map: Lane Council of Governments
Source of data: Lane County Elections; Oregon Secretary of State

The turnout is much higher in the rural areas than in the Eugene-Springfield metro area.

Turnout is defined as the percentage of registered voters eligible for the election who have returned ballots. The map is centered on the statewide median.

Data is current as of Friday morning, October 29.

Source of map: Lane Council of Governments
Source of data: Lane County Elections; Oregon Secretary of State

This map gives more detail to the slow turnout in Portland. Please see http://lindholmcompanyblog.com/?p=4118 for turnout in the wider Tri-County Metro Area.

Turnout is defined as the percentage of registered voters eligible for the election who have returned ballots. The map is centered on the statewide median.

Data is current as of Friday morning, October 29.

Source of map: Metro
Source of data: Oregon Secretary of State

As one would expect in a good Republican year, turnout is slow in heavily Democratic Portland. Turnout tends to be heaviest in suburban areas.

Turnout is defined as the percentage of registered voters eligible for the election who have returned ballots. The map is centered on the statewide median.

Data is current as of Friday morning, October 29.

Source of map: Metro
Source of data: Oregon Secretary of State

This shows the relative size of the Lane County economy by region using employment and output as measures.

The economic focus of Lane County is clearly in Eugene.

The regions are defined by ZIP Code. The Eugene region includes 97401, 97402, 97403, 97404, 97405, and 97408. The Springfield region included 97477 and 97478. The Non-Metro region includes the rest of Lane County.

The data are from 2008, the latest year available. The data include both private and government employment and output.

Source of data: Minnesota Implan Group.

This looks at the make of car by the political party of the respondent. Republicans and Independents are much more likely to drive domestic.

The graphic was constucted using Correspondence Analysis. This creates a “graphical representatation” of a crosstabulation between two variables. This makes it easier to see relationships in complicated crosstabulations.

Source of data: The Media Audit, San Jose Market, June-July, 2010.