Our first recommendation in this morning’s Short Read of the Week meeting was a fascinating analysis in The Oregon Capitol Insider of Oregon election results, including information about how Oregonians voted differently this year at county and local levels:
Oregon continues blue streak, and lesser known voting stats
https://www.oregoncapitalinsider.com/news/oregon-continues-blue-streak-and-lesser-known-voting-stats/article_af18158e-2924-11eb-b343-c7f0d034fd88.html
[our copy here]
We also chose to recommend an article from The Guardian in part because its author (Bernie Sanders) sets out the difference between Republicans and Democrats so clearly and concisely:
How do we avoid future authoritarians? Winning back the working class is key
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/24/bernie-sanders-working-class-win-back-from-donald-trump
[our copy here]
And we talked about our gratitude for the unity we saw among Democrats during this election season. Our chair expressed it as feeling of family, working shoulder-to-shoulder, in his Chair’s Corner message today. Have you read it?