Two Percent of Oregon

According to the United States Census Bureau, Oregon has 3,700,758 residents. According to the Portland Fire and Rescue Department, 75,000 people turned out today to see Barack Obama speak — by far the largest crowd Obama (let alone any other politician) has drawn this election cycle.

To put that in perspective, that is one out of every 50 people in the state of Oregon.

Here's what that looks like:





Of course, not everyone is excited. Here's what username Sarah Alton had to say in response to an article about the rally on the Wall Street Journal website:

"Obama - the Candidate as Anti-Christ.
Consider his rockstar status among young voters, his ability to continuously lie without impunity, his connections to mob members and terrorist both real and wannabes. His strong and unscrupulous desire for raw power, at any cost, regardless what it does to others, (he became senator simply by disqualifying his opponents). His empty words and changing promises, his desire to be friends with those who wish to destroy us. His wife Michele has expressed her hatred for this country and has publicly announced her husband as the messiah.
Perhaps you will need to explain to God why you voted for an antichrist, but I am not going to be on that dark list on judgment day."

For the record, a big old [SIC] to all that. Sadly for Sarah Alton, I don't think the Ku Klux Krazypants rallies are drawing 70K crowds these days.