{"id":5614,"date":"2025-09-24T13:33:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=5614"},"modified":"2025-09-24T13:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:35:25","slug":"portland-city-elections-toward-two-parties-more-or-noneseptember-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/portland-city-elections-toward-two-parties-more-or-noneseptember-24-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland City Elections: Toward Two Parties, More, or None?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kosar-Santucci-Lee-Portland-elections-Toward-two-parties-more-or-none.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"853\" data-attachment-id=\"5615\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/portland-city-elections-toward-two-parties-more-or-noneseptember-24-2025\/kosar-santucci-lee-portland-elections-toward-two-parties-more-or-none\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kosar-Santucci-Lee-Portland-elections-Toward-two-parties-more-or-none.png\" data-orig-size=\"662,853\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kosar Santucci Lee Portland elections Toward two parties more or none\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kosar-Santucci-Lee-Portland-elections-Toward-two-parties-more-or-none-233x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kosar-Santucci-Lee-Portland-elections-Toward-two-parties-more-or-none.png\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kosar-Santucci-Lee-Portland-elections-Toward-two-parties-more-or-none.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kosar-Santucci-Lee-Portland-elections-Toward-two-parties-more-or-none.png 662w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kosar-Santucci-Lee-Portland-elections-Toward-two-parties-more-or-none-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portland, Oregon, first used its new proportional ranked-choice voting electoral system to elect city council members in November 2024. A variety of groups endorsed candidates in this nonpartisan election. Analyses of these groups\u2019 endorsements point to the emergence of four political blocs: national progressivism, pro-business pragmatism, local progressivism, and laborism&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/research-products\/report\/portland-city-elections-toward-two-parties-more-or-none\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland, Oregon, first used its new proportional ranked-choice voting electoral system to elect city council members in November 2024. A variety of groups endorsed candidates in this nonpartisan election. Analyses of these groups\u2019 endorsements point to the emergence of four political blocs: national progressivism, pro-business pragmatism, local progressivism, and laborism&#8230;. 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