Posted on 11/09/2014 5:41:43 PM PST by nwrep
The red tide that swept across the entire country Tuesday broke at the borders of Oregon. On the island, no Democratic incumbents were defeated, Sen. Jeff Merkley and Gov. John Kitzhaber and four Democratic congressmen were handily re-elected, and the party picked up one seat in the state House and at least one in the state Senate. It wasn't a huge legislative increase except that virtually everyplace else, Democratic legislators (and majorities) were being hauled out to the recycling bin.
More important, Oregon's Democratic electorate is not the same as in many states; it's one of the few places where Obama has twice won among white voters. What's changed Oregon from the Republican dominance of two and three decades ago to its current oceanic blueness is different from the coalition the Democrats are trying to put together in North Carolina.
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All of us ‘makers’ live in a ring around the ‘takers’. Farm subsidies and such make the outlying areas blue.
Minnesota is such a weird state. If it weren’t for my husband and his family here I’d be looooong gone. I’m a native South Dakotan who finds it frustrating to live amongst the weirdos.
Hawaii stayed Blue too........but everyone knows we’re a lost cause
Pity, such a pretty state but seemingly filled with morons.
There’s ignorance and then there’s invincible ignorance.
Moscow on the Willamette
Fraud City...
I have a very liberal (and very nice) step-daughter who lives in one of the western suburbs. It’s highly amusing to me to think many of her neighbors might be Republicans.
Eastern Washington, Oregon and California are conservative.
But they’re overwhelmed by the liberal cities on the coast.
BINGO....Fraud may be a problem here...we have online registration....and I (and many others) don’t believe any checking on eligibility is done. In our county Richardson won the majority
Might be, not a chance! Hee-hee! There’s a reason the west ‘burbs are bright red. It’s where all the conservatives congregate.
Enjoy!
And our count includes the state capital
I have said that Portland is just like Seattle, but on ‘shrooms.
This Sarasohn guy is a liberal apologist from decades ago.
A visit to Portland or Salem will answer any question you may have about Oregon.
[Hawaii stayed Blue too........but everyone knows were a lost cause]
That of course depends on how you look at the situation. First of all weren’t we taught that the most efficient method of ruling over the teeming masses of peasants was a one party government? Therefore there is no need for the “masses” to engage in any involvement of the governing process. Their only function is to allow the proletariat to operate and that is by giving all their votes to the proletariat....no questions asked. This has proven successfull in the countries of Cuba, Russia, China, North Korea, Viet Nam and to a slightly lesser degree some other countries. For us here in Hawaii, the proletariat will make sure that money from the treasury flows here.
Our former Senator (now deceased) Dan Inouye was well known as the “King of Pork” for his ability to “bring home the bacon” to Hawaii. Needless to say, those who sucked most at the federal tits worshiped the man.
That pretty much describes the political situation here in Paradise where the Dems can boast of having the lowest voter involvement in all the 50 states.
The vote by mail in Washington permits no meaningful oversight of vote fraud whatsoever. King County is notorious for vote Democrat vote fraud.
Also, much of the ballot had Democrat candidates with no Republican candidates at all, especially for the judicial positions.
Minnesota is also stuck on stupid reelecting Al Franken and Mark Dayton.
How appropriate.
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