“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.
wy69
I took 5 sems at WSU before transferring to Stanford. Pullman is almost close to Spokane and it’s a college town. All cities with a university tends to be left. And just like America, you get out of the city limits, people tend to lean conservative. Head down to Wenatchee, Pasco, they’re like red states. I had foreign classmates and they would be shocked when I bring them to pawn shops and one wall is full of guns..