This week is the 18 year anniversary of Portland's 10-year plan to end homelessness.

"Moving those chronically homeless into permanent housing where there are support services....will free up service money for everybody who sleeps on streets and in shelters." (1/4) "Concerns remain about the plan's details and measurements for success, where future money will come from, and whether aiming higher to help the chronically homeless will end up shortchanging homeless families and others on the street." (2/4)

For this month's @DHMresearch statewide survey we asked Oregonians about several different groups using a "feelings thermometer." Here are the overall results, and the tweets to follow are some of the interesting demographic differences. (1/n) @DHMresearch Oregonians feel warmer toward rural Oregonians than Portlanders. This is even the case for those who live in the Portland metro area. (2/n)

I'm often asked about Oregon's urban/rural "divide." It deserves attention. Over the next few days, I am going to share some ways that this divide is real, and other ways it is misunderstood. Starting with race today, then age, education, voting. Watch this thread if interested. @DHMResearch has asked Oregonians to estimate the percentage of Hispanics and racial groups in the state. They overestimate both.

(This is not uncommon. National surveys show show similar results about this US population.)