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Oregon Demographics Typify Dem Divide

Posted May 19, 08 3:47 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Oregon’s primary tomorrow finds the Democratic race at its most typical, with Barack Obama hoping to get a bigger slice of the blue-collar vote and Hillary Clinton trying to break further into the white-collar one. The progressive, urban, western part of the state and the rural east have little in common, the Boston Globe reports, and are at odds over the most suitable candidate.

But Obama has the upper hand, as tech industries have replaced manufacturing and logging statewide, and appeals to the salt of the earth find less traction. It's a state to watch in November, too, notes the New York Times. “This used to be what one would say is a Republican stronghold,” said one eastern Oregon grower, “and I don’t think it is anymore.”

Sources Boston Globe, New York Times

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Tressa Atwood, left and Tristan Linquist (cq) of Eugene, Ore., pose for a self-portrait with a new "Change we can believe in" sign.   (AP Photo/Ryan Gardner)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., looks at the pastries in the Little Cannoli Bakery as she campaigns in Salem, Oregon.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
In this Friday, May 9, 2008 picture, Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a rally in the Memorial Quad on the University of Oregon.   (AP Photo/Ryan Gardner)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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