Spokane, Washington should be different. I known that Pacific Northwest is sane outside of liberal strongholds outside of Portland and Seattle. But I’m not familiar with Spokane. Is it a college town? So then this isn’t too surprising and it’s not that much different from Seattle.
“I known that Pacific Northwest is sane outside of liberal strongholds outside of Portland and Seattle.”
Eastern Washington is a much greater conservative base than the western part. That liberal stronghold you mention near Seattle is King County. However they decide to vote for the state issues, with a little help from other people, is going to pass. Last presidential election was liberal 75.0% DNC, 22.2% GOP, and 2.8% Ind. Population of King Co. is 2.3 million. That’s 1.75 million votes every time liberal as they never cross over. The population of Washington is right around 8 million so King’s 1.75 million is 22% of all the population, and if they vote, and if they are counted properly.
“But I’m not familiar with Spokane. Is it a college town?”
It is a sports town. Spokane’s notable sports teams include the Spokane Chiefs (Western Hockey League), the Spokane Indians (Northwest League baseball) who play their home games in nearby Spokane Valley, the Spokane Shock (Indoor Football League), and the Spokane Shadow (Evergreen Premier League). They are very supportive of Gonzaga basketball and their recreation department for the city promotes a lot of public tournaments and events of different types.
But it is also a kickback old world town. The people are relaxed and enjoy living in nature along with the above events. I like Spokane. Wish I was able to go there more often.
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Spokane wants desperately to be a sh!thole like Seattle. The city recently housed vagrants (homeless) in the convention center for two weeks during an arctic blast. It cost the taxpayers $400,000 and, big shock, they did $90,000 worth of damage to the facility. How? They treated the facility like the city streets: after trashing the restrooms and rendering them unusable, they used the walls and floor. Some elected officials were angry, others were concerned it might get hard to find housing in the future because no one wants them. The mayor said she wanted every member of the council to provide three locations in their own district that could house them next time. So far, crickets.