Oregon in 1976 and 1988

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

How come Oregon was the most Western  Democratic voting state in 1976 and 1988? (excluding Hawaii).

[TDAS04]

Oregon was the most Democratic Western state in 1972 too.  McGovern appealed to the strong antiwar element in Oregon, and some of that must have carried over to 1976.

As for 1988, maybe Oregon was to the left of California and Washington because it's more rural, and Dukakis overperformed in rural America while getting crushed in the suburbs. That's a possibility.

[Ebowed]

As for 1988, maybe Oregon was to the left of California and Washington because it's more rural, and Dukakis overperformed in rural America while getting crushed in the suburbs. That's a possibility.

A quick look at the very maps available on this site will confirm otherwise.

Anyway, both OR and WA voted for Dukakis in 1988, so the leftwing trends of Portland and Seattle follow a fairly similar pattern.  It's just that Multnomah County makes up a larger percentage of Oregon's vote than King does WA.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Lots of pot smoking hippies in there, I'll tell ya that.