Plankton5165
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« on: April 28, 2017, 07:50:16 PM » |
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« edited: April 28, 2017, 09:04:49 PM by Plankton5165 »
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If Minnesota voted Republican in 2016, which it nearly did, Oregon would be tied for the longest Democratic streak (with NY, RI, Massachusetts, Hawaii, and neighboring Washington state). It voted for Dukakis in 1988 over Bush.
Then, in 2000, Al Gore received 47.0% of the vote, while Bush received 46.5% of the vote. This is a 0.5% margin. While Bush won the presidency, Al Gore won the popular vote by 0.5%!
In all of the four elections afterward, Oregon was nearly 10 points more Democratic than the national average. (7 in 2004, 10 in 2008, 8 in 2012, and 9 in 2016.)
And also, according to something, in every Oregon election since 2002, it voted Democratic.
What is the rationale of this? Did the Republican Oregonians get in rages and decide to turn out less after 2000 or something? In fact, Oregon votes entirely by mail.
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