[MarilynBr]

But you can leave out most of Salem, especially the smaller towns surrounding it. Conservative there, including me.

[Clinging Bitterly]

Yup. The numbers in Portland metro eat up the mostly Republican vote of the rest of the state. Eugene & Salem have a part but Portland is the real killer.

I lived in Eugene for 31 years and other than on the local news, you can go for weeks without seeing a liberal.