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On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho.  The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho measure.

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[–] TechNerdWizard42 47 points 1 month ago (5 children)

While true, this is true in basically every area in the USA. If you have a tractor supply store near your house, you're in redneck territory. If you have a Lululemon, you're in blue territory.

[–] jj4211 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Funnily enough I have one of each of those within about three miles of my home.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Found the centrist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jj4211 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well not going to say, but it is funny because it is a "swing state".

But realistically this specific area is deep blue, but TSC has a healthy enough market, between nearby rural area and suburbanites that want to play farmer with a couple chickens in the backyard and buying their pet food there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure we have both where I'm at. Blue college city in a red state surrounded by farmland.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 1 month ago

No Lululemon here, but there is a tractor supply store and two Rural Kings.

And yet we are a bellwether county. One of the ones at the top of the list with only one error.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_election_bellwether_counties_in_the_United_States

It's more complicated than you think.

[–] turbowafflz 4 points 1 month ago

You should see the UVA area, it's a big university next to incredibly rural areas so it has both nearby

[–] JJROKCZ 3 points 1 month ago

Tractor supply sucks normally but I love rural king and miss having those around now that I live in a major city. Everything you could ever need in one store and free popcorn at the entrance you can eat while walking around picking out new boots and deciding which goat to buy from the latest batch of kids