Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Red, but not totally into that Trump's America thing: Deschutes County, Oregon, where old white men live in the past


Some Oregonians Want To Leave And Take Part Of The State To Idaho With Them.  (NPR, 2/24/2020)
Instead, a group is seeking to change the map itself, so that most of Oregon and a chunk of Northern California would break off and join Idaho, a Republican-majority state. "Move Oregon's Border For a Greater Idaho" succeeded in getting petitions approved for circulation in two rural Oregon counties this month. This is only the latest separatist cause in Pacific Northwest history to spark popular interest, despite being practically infeasible for a long list of legal, political and economic reasons.

Source:  Wikipedia (Deschutes County, Bend)


Bend is the county seat of Deschutes County


% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 34.2% - Deschutes County
  • 32.9% - Oregon
  • 30.9% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 20.0% - Deschutes County
  • 17.6% - Oregon
  • 16.0% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   9.4% - Deschutes County
  • 12.6% - Oregon
  • 11.8% - U.S.

A Democratic candidate for president has never won Riley County.  Maybe in 2020?

Source:  Wikipedia
3rd party votes:  28.6% in 1992, 15.5% in 1996, 10.6% in 2016
(George Wallace received 6.9% of the vote in 1968)

Deschutes Public Library (downtown Bend)

Other "Red but not totally into that Trump's America thing" posts:
Colorado.  Douglas County.  (2/7/2020)
Colorado.  Jefferson County.  (3/9/2019)

Florida.  Duval County.  (3/14/2019)

Georgia.  Cherokee County.  (3/10/2019)
Georgia.  Coweta County.  (1/19/2020)
Georgia.  Fayette County.  (3/10/2019)
Georgia.  Forsyth County.  (3/10/2019)

Iowa.  Dallas County.  (2/3/2020)

Kansas.  Johnson County.  (3/9/2019)
Kansas.  Leavenworth Coiunty.  (2/11/2020)
Kansas.  Riley County.  (2/14/2020)
Kansas.  Shawnee County.  (2/12/2020)

Michigan.  Livingston County.  (1/21/2020)

Minnesota.  Carver County.  (3/9/2019)

Missouri.  Platte County.  (12/11/2019)

North Carolina.  Cabarras County.  (2/4/2020)
North Carolina.  Union County.  (9/9/2019)

Ohio.  Delaware County  (3/8/2019)

Oregon.  Yamhill County.  (1/15/2020)

Texas.  Amarillo.  (1/24/2020)
Texas.  Collin County.  (9/21/2019)
Texas.  Denton County.  (9/22/2019)
Texas.  Williamson County.  (9/25/2019)

Virginia.  Powhatan County.  (2/1/2020)

Washington. Yakima County.  (11/23/2019)

Wisconsin.  Ozaukee County.  (3/8/2019)
Wisconsin.  Waukesha County.  (2/9/2010)

Related series:
Blue zone sees Trump as con man
Greetings from Trump's America
Not Trump's America

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