Among men, the Clinton-Dole race was a dead heat. Among women, Clinton had a 26-point advantage. The Oregon election was unusual in that it was conducted entirely by mail. Holding an election by mail creates some problems. There is no guarantee of a secret ballot.
Voters can mail in their ballots long before the campaign has ended.
Campaigns have to spend a lot of money targeting people who have not yet voted. Oregon voters, however, thought the mail ballot was just fine. Turnout was unusually high. Two-thirds of Oregon's registered voters cast their ballots by mail. That's a lot higher than the 38 percent who voted in 1994.