Isn't there a group that advocates that northern California, defined as the area north of Sacramento and the Bay Area, and inland Oregon secede from their respective states and form the State of Jefferson? It may be time for conservatives on both sides of the Oregon-California line to pursue this plan aggressively.
Tourism seems to liberalize many places. It must be all those liberals that go on tours and tell the locals how beautiful everything is, how lucky they are, and how much they want to live there. Before long, people start believing that stuff, and contrariness in the debates depresses the voters from their visitor-induced euphoria.
"young families and retirees from Seattle, Portland and San Francisco".
Nuff Said...
Still a great place to golf though.
The legacy of the "tourist economy."