Oregon's new congressional district has a diversity that likely limits a lean too far one direction
When Stephen Colbert hosted his satiric political talk show some years back, he often profiled a congressional district somewhere around the country, describing its particular characteristics and enthusiastically declaring it the “Fighting 17th!” Or whatever it was.
Built into the gag was the idea, often valid, that a given congressional district actually has specific and unique character apart from the red-blue political. It would be a place where people have something in common, and maybe have a shared history.
That would be difficult to find anywhere a new congressional district is being formed, as one will be the coming year in Oregon.
That new district, owing to population growth reflected in the 2020 census, will be the 6th Congressional District. (As for the politics, in 2020 the new 6th’s precincts voted 55% for Joe Biden and 42% for Donald Trump.)
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