In a sea of Republican red, Cheney shows it's TRUE BLUE

Town-and-gown relationship alive and well

CHENEY – Hay stacks at the north and south end of state Highway 904 provide bookends on what would appear to be Trump Country.

But sandwiched between the pro-Trump hay monuments, voters in the general election are seeing blue.

A look at the Nov. 5 general election unofficial precinct vote count in southern Spokane County shows a sea of Republican red, with a small Democratic blue island in Cheney, home to Eastern Washington University.

The contrast between the college town here and the surrounding area is similar to that seen in Whitman County, where the city of Pullman, home to Washington Sta...

 

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