The state of Oregon will be holding its Presidential Primary next Tuesday May 20. A week after the Clinton blow-out in WV, Oregon is the 16th "whitest" state in the Union but it's more educated and environmentally concerned populace has been becoming more progressive as the years go by. They have voted Democrat in every Presidential Election since 1988. 52 delegates are at-stake in the MAIL only primary.
For years Oregon had Republicans representing it in the Senate--Mark Hatfield and Bob Packwood--albeit more liberal than most Republican senators. Before them the legendary Democratic liberal Wayne Morse served in the Senate from 1945 to 1969. He is one of only two senators to have voted against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. Elected first as a Republican, he switched to the Democratic Party to protest Eisenhower's selection of Nixon as his Veep in 1952. Morse knew Nixon in the Senate and loathed him. The Progressive spirit of Wayne Morse lives on in Oregon and there's little doubt that Oregon is Obama country both next Tuesday and in November. Here's a little history of Oregon's votes in the Democratic Primaries since 1968.
1968 McCarthy
1972 McGovern
1976 Church
1980 Carter
1984 Hart
1988 Dukakis
1992 Clinton
2000 Gore
2004 Kerry
How much will Obama win by May 20? I'm predicting a primary victory
somewhere between Wisconcin (obama +17) and Washington (+37). Obama will win Oregon 59% to 41%. What do you think?