I hope you are right but I don’t believe conservatives have a prayer in Oregon. Many conservatives left the state last year, myself included, and everyone moving in is from California and Seattle, we know they aren’t voting red.
Not to cast gloom on a rosy future, but Oregon lost it (along with most other states with large cities) in the early 60's. In Michigan, Scholle v. Hare rang the bell. Baker v. Carr brought the Supreme Court into it, and Alabama's Reynolds v. Sims drove in the final nail. Our forefathers knew what they were doing when they constructed the Senate and the House. A good number of states, Oregon included, understood their rational. The cities have the population, but they have no concept of where their food, shelter, and energy come from. By reducing the voice of the rural population, the providers of all things necessary to survival, we have placed ourselves under a bureaucracy too far removed from the land to make intelligent decisions regarding the resource. The only bright spot I can see is that those who wish to emasculate the Federal Government (electoral college/senators/filibusters/etc.) have not yet succeeded. I hold little hope for Oregon, but pray that our Constitution will survive as written.
And what is the status of the State elections division, and its super outdated software? Can it withstand the shockwave of a high number of unexpectedly high GOP or Independent votes??? Another good reason to see Kate Brown ride off into the sunset.
I don't have a lot of hope for Oregon changing for the better, but who knows?
I wonder how many Oregonian Republicans switched to Independent, or more conservative Oregonians registered as Independents. I'm sure some conservatives simply left the state, too (I know a few).
I hope you are right but I don’t believe conservatives have a prayer in Oregon. Many conservatives left the state last year, myself included, and everyone moving in is from California and Seattle, we know they aren’t voting red.
Not to cast gloom on a rosy future, but Oregon lost it (along with most other states with large cities) in the early 60's. In Michigan, Scholle v. Hare rang the bell. Baker v. Carr brought the Supreme Court into it, and Alabama's Reynolds v. Sims drove in the final nail. Our forefathers knew what they were doing when they constructed the Senate and the House. A good number of states, Oregon included, understood their rational. The cities have the population, but they have no concept of where their food, shelter, and energy come from. By reducing the voice of the rural population, the providers of all things necessary to survival, we have placed ourselves under a bureaucracy too far removed from the land to make intelligent decisions regarding the resource. The only bright spot I can see is that those who wish to emasculate the Federal Government (electoral college/senators/filibusters/etc.) have not yet succeeded. I hold little hope for Oregon, but pray that our Constitution will survive as written.
And what is the status of the State elections division, and its super outdated software? Can it withstand the shockwave of a high number of unexpectedly high GOP or Independent votes??? Another good reason to see Kate Brown ride off into the sunset.
I don't have a lot of hope for Oregon changing for the better, but who knows?
I wonder how many Oregonian Republicans switched to Independent, or more conservative Oregonians registered as Independents. I'm sure some conservatives simply left the state, too (I know a few).
From your mouth to God's ear but I'm not sure that's the way to bet