People want stability

In Portland, Oregon:

“The murder rate is surging in Portland, especially among those living on the street. In a recent survey of Portland residents, 84% of those polled said they felt unsafe downtown at night, and 61% felt the same way during the day. Eighty-two percent want more police in the city.

“Drug addiction is as bad as ever. 'There is no evidence that Measure 110 has reduced drug use, drug-related crime, or overdose in the state,' Keith Humphreys, a psychologist who specializes in addiction and served as a senior advisor in the Obama administration, told me, referring to a progressive 2020 initiative that decriminalized drug possession.

"Meanwhile, Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel is active in ‘every corner of the state’, as The Oregonian puts it. (Police in Eugene recently seized 18 pounds of fentanyl in a single traffic stop, enough to kill most of the state of Oregon.”

“Society abhors a vacuum, and in this case a Mexican cartel has moved in and set up shop.”

http://stuartschneiderman.blogspot.com/2022/11/is-oregon-turning-red.html