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Maybe it's not city people vs. hicks. Could it be as simple as the dense population areas having a greater concentration of bureaucrats as a %age of area population? People who get their paychecks from government tend to vote liberal. The "unions" mentioned in the press are really teacher's and public employee "unions". In the Oregon map..it's the Portland area and further South, Lane county...Eugene, the home of the U of O, a huge economic power down there.