Washington and Oregon turnaround:

[Nicholas_J]

Washington

Bush 44.4% Kerry 52.5% Nader 1.3% Zogby International ??? 5/18-23/04 4.3%


http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/CurrentPolls.htm


Oregon: has gone from too close to tell, back with Kerry in the lead



Zogby Interactive | 5/18-23 n/a 3.2% 44.3% 49.7% 2.9% Kerry +5.4


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/bush_vs_kerry_sbys.htm...

[yellowcanine]

1. Woohoo! I didn't think Ore and Wash would go for *

But do those polls include Nader?

[dusty64]

9. Me neither.

x

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. i just love good news!

hopefully, kerry's lead will continue to grow. those numbers don't look very good for our friend ralph either, huh?

[David Zephyr]

3. "The West is the Best." -- Jim Morrison

Ah, the Left Coast.

[Jmeyers130]

4. hopefully

Nader won't be on those ballets. And at least these two states have Seattle and Portland, cities where people have some, oh, common sense...

Now here's an interesting trend...It seems mainly states with large metropolis's that comprise a great portion of the population seem to always swing Democrat. California, New York, FLORIDA, Massachussets, New Jersey, Washington and Oregon here, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio(more or less with Philly and Pitt, Cleveland and Cincy), Missourri...and whatever i missed.
The only state that really seems to buck the trend is Texas...yet another reason why i hate Texas

[montanacowboy]

5. Seattle is a stronghold for

Democrats - but just drive a little north or a little south and you will find the opposite - also, once you cross the Cascades to the east, it is strictly right winger country. Thank God for Seattle as it tends to carry the entire state.

[DaveSZ]

6. Washington is a very liberal state

The fact that Nader only has 1.3% of the vote, is something.

[AntiCoup2K4]

10. No it's not (unfortunately)

Basically the "liberal" part of the state is the Puget Sound region, from Olympia up to Seattle. Other parts of the state can be downright Freepish

Thank God we have the populated part of the state though.

[Lefty Pragmatist]

8. OR is city mouse / country mouse too

Portland and Eugene are 80/20 weed and women, the rest of the state is 80/20 guns, guts, and god. The two regions balance exactly, so it comes down to mobilization.

[Kathleen04]

7. As best they should

[jsw_81]

11. Yes! Oregon and Washington will be Kerry country this fall

Here's Kerry's new jet with Mount Hood in the background: