It’s bad here. I’m a fighter too. We had real success turning several formally blue counties red and one whole 3 county legislative district.
The problem is the 3 county area called Pugetopolis comprised of King, (Seattle), Pierce, (Tacoma), and Snohomish counties on the west side of the state and Spokane County on the east side. There’s also a little area down by the Columbia River across from Portlandia that’s reliably liberal too.
Those 4 counties ruin this state. They are the most populous and in the case of Spokane they are where the big universities live.
As those counties grow they stifle any conservative voices coming out of the 35 other counties. Imagine living in a state with 39 counties being dominated by 4. It’s always been that way here. One long dead former congressman then senator from 1943-1981 Warren Magnuson once said “You can see every vote needed to win a statewide election from the observation deck of the Space Needle!” Nothing has changed, except.
Except, conservatives in the 35 sane counties are moving out, I would be gone too if my wife would go. We have 7 grandkids and 13 great-grandkids she doesn’t want to move away from. It’s driving us towards insanity.
I live in Thurston County. Deep, deep blue.
Like the 4 counties you mention, less than 40 percent of registered voters vote. Less in primaries.
If “majority” wins, 21% of our registered voters are giving us this crap.