Huge turnout at Obama rallies in Oregon

  • Posted by Brian
  • May 20, 2008

This kinda slipped under the radar this weekend, but Obama had an estimated 75,000 folks show up at a rally on Sunday in Oregon. Wow.

[Eric: I wanted to jump on here instead of make another post. This is the video from that rally. Simply amazing thing to see. Hopefully a harbinger.]

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Brian
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May 20, 2008 at 12:02 pm

Lots of white folks in the crowd there. I bet a lot of ‘em are hard-working, too.

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Eric
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May 20, 2008 at 1:41 pm

Yes, and I can’t imagine many are racists. Hmmm. “Hard working”, “blue collar” doesn’t mean racist afterall! Novel idea!

Seriously would be nice to understand the difference in demographic. Oregon and Kentucky are about the same race-wise:

Oregon - 90.5% white
Kentucky - 90.2% white

What’s the difference?

High School graduates

Oregon - 85%
Kentucky - 74%

College degree

Oregon - 25%
Kentucky - 17%

Poverty

Oregon - 12.9%
Kentucky - 16.3%