Oregon has seven electoral votes.
Third party candidates have a difficult time winning electoral votes
Barack Obama received 7 electoral votes from Oregon, winning the state with 1,037,291 votes compared to John McCain's 738,475 votes.
Donald Trump received 0 of 7 electoral votes, receiving 782,403 votes to Hillary Clinton's 1,002,106 votes, losing Oregon.
John McCain received 0 of 7 electoral votes from Oregon, losing the state with 738,475 votes compared to Barack Obama's 1,037,291 votes.
The sum total of Oregon's members in congress
270
Donald Trump received 782,403 votes to Hillary Clinton's 1,002,106 votes, losing Oregon's 7 electoral votes.
Hillary Clinton received 1,002,106 votes to Donald Trump's 782,403 votes, winning Oregon's 7 electoral votes.
0. Kentucky awarded it's electoral votes to other candidates.1864 - 12 electoral votes to John Bell (Constitutional Union)1868 - 11 electoral votes to George B. McClellan (Democratic)
obama receieved all 27 votes
Candidates need a majority of electoral votes to be elected. Because most states* award all of their electoral votes to the top candidate in that state, candidates do not need to win the national popular vote to win a majority of electoral votes. The result is that winning a few large population states (called swing states), even by a tiny margin, can guarantee election to the presidency. In 1876, 1888, and 2000, the winning candidate did not get the most popular votes nationwide.