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Yeah, I saw Washington and was like, it’s definitely a Republican.

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I’m a bit surprised Washington has a Republican senator. But I guess there’s plenty of rural areas.

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Almost the entire eastern part of the state (minus Whitman county and a few others) is Red. It’s only west of the mountains that it’s primarily blue. The population ratio is massively in favor of west of the mountains though

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There’s a little blue dot in the center of Spokane, but it’s often overpowered by Coeur d’Alene.

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Thank fuck. If I had a bunch of those idiots actually in charge in the state, I’d move

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Happens in California too. Even in the cities. I’m sorry to crush every rural liberals dream but the religions conservative right are everywhere.

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2/3 of Washington State is very rural. Like, drive 65 miles through wheat fields without seeing a house rural. They also have mountains.

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Of course. The primary function of any senate in the US is to give power to land rather than to people.

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I-5 corridor is very blue, then you’ve got deer hunting backwoods rednecks on the peninsula to the west and rural farmers to the east on the other side of the mountains

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Like many blue states, the red parts of Washington are probably more racist and fascist than even the deepest red states. Eastern Washington still has a massive presence of out-and-proud white supremecists, just like Northern California and Eastern Oregon.

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State government…

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