Slide Show: Portland Polls Through the Years
1940
Parents polled on the education their children receive in Portland public schools:
78% - Satisfied
17% - Not Satisfied
5% - No Opinion
Photography by Salem Public Library Historic Photograph Collections, Salem Public Library, 4140
1940
Portland voters asked whether public schools should provide more extensive sex education:
59% - Yes
23% - No
18% - No Opinion
Photography by Oregon State Archives, Oregon School for the Deaf, OSD0014
1940
Portlanders asked whether the country is in danger of a Nazi invasion
33% - Yes
61% - No
6% - No Opinion
February 9, 1951
Voters asked whether the city could be the target of an nuclear attack
8% - Portland would certainly be atom bombed
76% - Portland might possibly be atom bombed
14% - Po
April 21, 1952
Portlanders polled on the prevalence of government corruption:
74% - Lots of corruption has not yet been discovered
9% - Most dishonest officials have already been caught
17% - No o
Photography by Salem Public Library, Ben Maxwell, 4360
March 2, 1977
Portlanders asked about their marijuana usage:
24% - Adults that have used marijuana
12% - Adults currently using marijuana
62% - 18-29 year olds who have used marijuana
Photography by Torben Bjorn Hansen
April, 1982
Oregonians asked what they like most about living here:
24% - Quiet and peaceful
14% - The people
13% - Size
10% - Location
10% - Climate
5% - Recreatio
Photography by Chris Yunker
December 13, 1987
Portlanders polled about safety and crime…
97% - worried about crime
87% - think crime increased in the last year
79% - said they, relatives or friends had been victims of a
Photography by Steve Z via Fotomedia
November 12, 1996
Portlanders asked about the influx of Californians and Washingtonians into the state:
68% - Californians would cause a negative change in their communities.
24% - Washingtonians would hav
Photography by Rustejunk
September 6, 2004
Potential voters asked about same-sex marriage:
53% of voters younger than 35 supported same-sex marriage
43% of Oregon women supporti same-sex marriage
26% of men support same-sex
Photography by Kurt Löwenstein Educational Center International Team from Germany via Wikimedia Commons
August 15, 2006
Portlanders asked to weigh in on logging and the environment:
55% - Support logging as long as remaining old-growth trees are protected
40% - Think Oregon lawmakers have done too little to
Photography by BLMOregon
September 17, 2009
Oregonians asked about the impact of the recession:
41% say a family member has had work hours cut
79% say more people are struggling to make ends meet than a year ago
61% express
Photography by Swanksalot
