WA: Survey USA: Obama leads Washington by 15%

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Can anyone explain exactly what is obama's specific appeal to this state and why they seem to love him so much?

Washington is a highly secular state, fairly libertarian, although it is polarized between the East and West. Western Washington is overwhelmingly Democratic, but Republican can with with the suburbs East of Seattle. However, as a resident of the Eastside (Seattle burbs), I know that Obama is just loved here. I have no clue why, but I have been caught up as well as the rest of my area in Obamamania. Heavily college-educated, affluent demographics that tend to be liberal, so Obama gets a lot of help. Washington has all the demographics that are perfect for Obama.

McCain could be good in Washington, but Obama is just better for the state. Against Clinton, we would probably vote for McCain.

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On the Westside, Skagit, Skamania, and Clallam might swing to Obama, while the rest of SW WA should swing toward McCain. Doesn't Island county have a lot of veterans or a military reservation? I doubt it will swing to Obama.
East WA should see Klickitat, Whitman, and maybe Okanogan, Ferry (bellweather!), Spokane, Pend Orielle, and even Asotin swing to Obama. They do vote strong for Republicans, but there aren't too many votes to swing there. In fact I feel that in places like Asotin, Ferry, and Pend Orielle, there might be moderates who just tend to vote GOP. Those counties are very different from the rest of E. WA.