because they've given up on the political and election process.
Why? Because no one likes them or their shitty ideas.
So maybe instead of self-pity, you change your beliefs?
Unless you like wallowing in self-pity; it is masturbatory, after all...
Crybabies gave up on the political process because they couldn't win elections, because voters hate everything you stand for.
they don't like you, don't trust you, and don't want you intruding on their lives anymore
They are a superminority in Oregon.
How did they become a superminority?
By holding shitty beliefs, by supporting shitty people, by being shitty.