By Kirby Neumann-Rea • Of the News-Register • 

Election 2022: After a wait, votes and clarity arrive

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Joel R

Great to see that Yamhill County is still a Republican strong hold. Actually if you look at a map of Oregon election results by county you'll see that the whole state of Oregon is completely red except for two little Blue dots (Portland and Eugene). Look at a national map and you'll see the same phenomenon. Only place Dem's carry the day is in the great big huge cities.
It brings a little bit of comfort to my soul to know that small town America still see's the world the way I do.

maddiesdaddy

Hey Joel, Not everyone voted Republican in this County. I’ve been done that road & will never go back. Glad to see there was no “red wave.” You can say the majority of the state or the country voted red but where the majority of the people live, common sense won! So no not everyone see’s the world the way you do 🙄

Joel R

maddiesdaddy, Fair enough....you're right on that.
And really if you just look at it strictly by the numbers, as a country we're just divided right down the middle. I wonder if it will always stay this way or if somewhere down the road the pendulum will move a bit one way or the other? Interesting times that we live in.

Don Dix

I find it odd that those who vote strictly party line consider that a to be a 'common sense' approach. No political party has or have had a corner on every 'best candidate' in every election -- never. It's foolish to believe that only one side has all the correct answers/decisions.

maddiesdaddy

Joel, I really don’t see the pendulum swinging the Republican way until the party actually distances itself from Trump. The entire Drazan strategy was predicated on winning with 42-44% because Johnson would take 12-15%. Once Johnson collapsed & was only pulling 9%, Drazan was stuck at that 42-44%. Plus the constant bashing of the biggest city in Oregon where the majority of the population is. Scare tactics seldom work & people are tired of the narrative. Don Dix I don’t vote strictly party lines, I vote for who I believe is the best candidate regardless of Dem or Republican status.

Bleepbloop

Joel, I spent about 20 minutes just going through the past election results and man there is an obvious trend of Yamhill County trending left (looking at 1992 to present). You sure seem to act like a typical boomer so maybe you won’t ever see the switch to a blue county and maybe that makes you happy? But it is coming!!

Joel R

Bleepbloop wrote: "You sure seem to act like a typical boomer."
What a weird thing to say when you have zero idea who I am or how old I am. I doubt you're really on the left. A true liberal would never throw around a judgmental stereotype like that.
FWIW I'm no where near old enough to be a 'boomer'. I wouldn't mind if I was though. it would be an honor.

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