From Kos at the Daily Kos:
Are there any hard-working white people in Oregon? Can't possibly be the case, considering he's about to win the primary there today.
Ranked by per-capita income, Oregon is ranked 23rd in the nation, two slots behind Ohio, and a single slot ahead of Pennsylvania. And since Ohio and Pennsylvania are apparently the gold standard of white working class-ness in this election, Oregon is little different than those two on the economic front.
Oregon is also a white state. According to 2005 census projections, Oregon is 9.38 percent Hispanic, 2.38 percent black, 2.44 percent pacific islander, 0.5 percent Native American, and 4.25 percent Asian. That's about 81 percent Anglo [the 12th most white state in the Union]
So Oregon is white, it's working class, and went for Obama by 16 points, 58% to 42%. Kinda screws up the mainstream narrative that Obama can't win white working class votes.



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