President Punxsutawney Phil
TimTurner
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« on: March 13, 2015, 10:27:47 PM » |
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I'd agree the area has overall leaned Democratic since then. Let's take Oregon for example. It voted for Humphrey, it voted for Dukakis, it voted for Gore, it voted for Kerry...although, Oregon has a history of being close in presidential contests. Oregon was Ford's closest victory, voting for him by 0.17%. In 1988 it voted for Dukakis by 4.67%. In 2000 it voted for Gore by 0.44%. In 2004 it voted for Kerry by 4.16%.
Nonetheless the state has voted Democratic in every election since 1988, by an average margin around 7%, so it's Democratic.
And that is a fairly good representation of the Pacific Northwest as a whole.
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