[Baumer]

Much of Western Washington is very Liberal. Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia areas. Washington’s East of the Cascade side is conservative. If you look at the presidential races by county and especially the last Governor race, most of the state is red. King County (Seattle) however, has a large enough population to dictate for the rest of the state.

[jan in Colorado]

Thanks for that info. I never realized that. I guess it's like Boulder here in Colorado. Very, very liberal, yet a lot of Colorado is conservative...although sadly, that is changing.

I'm glad the race was close, I think it still sends a message that McCain is being rejected by a majority of Republicans!