Talk:Democratic Party of Oregon

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A good reference for the history section

Robert E. Burton's 1970 book, Democrats of Oregon: The Pattern of Minority Politics, 1900 to 1956, would be a valuable resource for this article's history section. It should be in any county library in Oregon. The 2001 reprint is ISBN 0871140276. It is published by the University of Oregon Press. — Athelwulf ^[T]/_[C] 04:43, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New logo?

The current logo in the article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ORdemlogo.png) is not the one that appears on DPO's website: http://www.dpo.org/. Should it be updated? TimeClock871 (talk) 05:53, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah nevermind. I figured out how to upload a new version and did it myself. TimeClock871 (talk) 06:09, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding "Liberalism" to ideology description

The Democratic Party of Oregon is a liberal party, so I propose adding "Liberalism" to the ideology section in the infobox. Here are some sources:
1. BBC summary identifying the US Democratic Party as "liberal": "Who are the main US political parties?".
2. AP describing Oregon under Democratic leadership as "liberal": "A GOP gov in liberal Oregon? Dems sound alarm on 'spoiler'".
3. Another source describing Oregon under Democrats as "liberalism": "Oregon leans blue, but how blue is it really?".
4. Here's the Guardian describing Portland as a "liberal" city that's deeply "entrenched" with the Democratic Party: "How Portland's liberal utopia became the center of a rightwing war in the US".
5. Here's Gallup describing the US Democrats as "trending towards liberalism": "Understanding Shifts in Democratic Party Ideology".
6. Here's London School of Economics referencing "liberal Democratic rule" in analyzing the Greater Idaho Movement: "Economic grievances are driving support for redrawing state borders in the Pacific Northwest".
I think it is well referenced enough to describe the Democratic Party of Oregon and by its association with the national Democratic Party as "Liberal". "Progressive" is also a term I've seen but that can be a separate discussion - Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 07:58, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update I found a source directly attributing the Oregon Democrats as "unabashedly liberal": "PSU Building Namesake Sen. Richard Neuberger Flipped Oregon for the Democrats". Since this is a published source I will now be adding "Liberalism" in the infobox. - Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 01:45, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Whilst several of the 6 original sources you provided don't surpass the WP:OR threshold for directly supporting the label (i.e. a source describing the federal party doesn't transfer to describing a technically-different entity), this last source definitely fits. I'd like to thank you for your diligence and efforts put into finding an appropriate source to back up the claim. – GlowstoneUnknown (Talk) 14:48, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]