Also, how about rural Oregon, seeing the state is mostly rural outside Portland, Eugene, and Medford. That means everything east of I-5 to the Idaho border is pretty rural and, to my knowledge, liberal.
Well...parts of Bend, Ore., are liberal. That pretty much covers it for eastern Oregon social liberalness.
There are a few socially liberal parts of rural Oregon, mostly around the coast and in Hood River County. A few liberal areas on the outskirts of liberal towns like Ashland also qualify.
Beyond that, rural Oregon is pretty uniformly socially conservative, and pretty hardcore Republican.
Here is, for reference, the gay marriage ban map:
No surprises here - the only rural county to vote for Kerry (Columbia) tends to lean conservative on social issues. It's a union place.
Under >60 counties are: Clatsop (Astoria - small town liberals), Washington (Portland suburbs), Hood River (Hood River - small town hippie liberals), Lincoln (ocean beach resort town liberals) and Lane (Eugene - University of Oregon).
Here's parental notification on abortions, which failed 55%-45%.
As you can see, the Columbia River counties have some libertarian tendencies. But eastern Oregon is still quite socially conservative.
