The Zombie Vote

Change Oregonians Believe In:
The voters of Sodaville (pop. 290) elected Thomas Brady Harrington, 33,
mayor in November, notwithstanding his criminal rap sheet showing
robbery, eluding a police officer, felon in possession of a gun and
other crimes (with his electoral success perhaps due to voters'
confusing him with his father, a respected town elder). [Albany (Ore.)
Democrat-Herald, 11-19-08]

And the
voters of Silverton (pop. 7,400) elected as mayor Stu Rasmussen, 60, an
openly transgendered, longtime resident who previously served as mayor
while a man but who now sports breasts and dresses exclusively as a
woman (especially miniskirts and cleavage-enhancing tops). Actually,
Rasmussen still describes himself as a man and lives with his longtime
girlfriend, but explained his switch as just his particular "mid-life
crisis." [Los Angeles Times, 11-20-08]

2 Towns full of Zombies perhaps? That would explain the voting patterns

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