I am an Oregonian and most of Oregon isn’t actually that liberal. Eastern Oregon is very conservative. However, most of the population in Oregon lives in the Willamette Valley. Portland is at the North end of the valley and it is extremely liberal and has a huge population in relation to the rest of the state. Salem (the state capital) and its surrounding county (Marion County) actually lean ever so slightly conservative. Eugene is towards the southern end of the Willamette Valley and is a university town (U of O) and a major liberal stronghold in the southern Willamette Valley. South of Eugene, Oregon gets very rural and strongly libertarian (though not entirely conservative). In the Roseburg area there is actually is a large survivalist community. So, I am not surprised that President Obama’s gun control agenda is not welcome down there.
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That’s why we should have proportional voting. Not winner takes all. We would be divided nearly 50/50 in Oregon. Other states should do the same. Could make a difference.
whenever you have obscenely paid college teachers and workers, you’ll have them sucking at the tit of govt so yes, UofO and OSU have a large contingent of suckers.