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Shayne Olsen's avatar

Unfortunately it looks like Oregonians still don’t get it….The republicans won a county wide mandate…Oregon gets a darker shade of blue including Bend…some things will never change

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JR's avatar

See everyone on the flip-flop and hoist the glass!

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James Lyon's avatar

as an aside: Axios Portland noted that neither Trump nor Harris bothered to stop in the Pacific Northwest during the election cycle. what are we? chopped liver?

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William MacKenzie's avatar

Yep. I don’t even know why we’ve been seeing Harris and Trump ads on tv. No matter how screwed up Oregon gets, it keeps reliably voting democratic.

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Jeff Eager's avatar

My understanding is in some cases it's cheaper this cycle for presidential campaigns to carpet bomb nationally (incl Oregon) than to target swing states.

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JR's avatar

Maybe a not-so-great area to spend campaign money.

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S.P.H.'s avatar

Perhaps on the Republican side it's because the OGOP is dysfunctional.

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Brett Hyland's avatar

Represent, Comrade!

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