With this new interactive map of the Portland metropolitan area, you can see how your neighbors -- in aggregate, that is -- voted on marijuana legalization measures on the Oregon ballot in 2014 and 2012.

This year's measure swept most of the Portland region, racking up wins in precincts throughout Washington and Clackamas counties where a more loosely written marijuana initiative failed in 2012.

The widespread acceptance of legalizing marijuana in the suburbs -- coupled with sky-high yes votes in many Portland precincts -- helped seal the statewide victory for this year's initiative. Measure 91, which was approved by 12 percentage points statewide, contained tighter restrictions than the 2012 initiative and was heavily promoted in television advertising.

The biggest yes votes came on the inner east side of Portland, in heavily Democratic precincts that are also an epicenter of the city's hipster culture. In one precinct, running along both sides of East Burnside Street, the yes vote this year reached 89.9 percent, up from 83.7 percent in 2012.

That was a small increase, however, compared to many suburban neighborhoods. In the precincts surrounding Oswego Lake, for example, support for the measure climbed by 12 to 14 percentage points. The City of Lake Oswego went from opposition in 2012 to support this year, as did such major suburban cities as Hillsboro, West Linn, Tigard, Tualatin, Oregon City and Wilsonville.

Measure 91 failed in many of the more rural precincts on the fringe of the metropolitan area as well as some precincts with a large number of older voters -- such as in King City. The measure was also defeated in several precincts of Happy Valley, a suburban area east of I-205 known for its social conservatism. It also lost in some of the newer suburbs north of Highway 26 in Washington County.

-- Jeff Mapes

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