Why Oregon is a swing state (user search)

hopper
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	Re: Why Oregon is a swing state « on: August 12, 2013, 03:16:59 PM »
	« edited: August 12, 2013, 03:18:50 PM by hopper »

Quote from: bedstuy on August 10, 2013, 03:17:23 PM

Oregon is not a swing state and it's trending Democratic. Plus, the Republican areas of the state are losing population or about static. Meanwhile, metro Portland is growing.

Maybe if Republican can get more ironic votes from hipsters.

It trended Republican in 2012.

True Republican areas(the western part of the state) is not gaining population like the Portland metro area is though.

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hopper
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Re: Why Oregon is a swing state

« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2013, 03:19:40 PM »

Quote from: illegaloperation on August 11, 2013, 12:43:42 AM

A Republican presidential candidate winning Oregon would be like Obama winning Indiana in 2008.

Maybe it can happen once, but it's unlikely to be replicated.

Yup almost happened in 2000!

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Re: Why Oregon is a swing state

« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2013, 03:21:36 PM »

Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on August 11, 2013, 07:01:48 AM

Quote from: Sol on August 10, 2013, 01:31:52 PM

Oregon isn't a swing state. Bush was only close in 2000 because of a strong Nader performance.

Consider, though, that a lot of people in the eastern part of the state were turned off by the environmental policies of Democrats. I suspect that if the networks hadn't called Florida so early, then Bush would have carried it.

The far eastern part of Oregon is more like Idaho politically than Oregon.

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