Over half of the anti-Trump protesters arrested in Portland didn't even vote
Over half of the anti-Donald Trump protesters arrested at recent demonstrations in Portland, Oregon, did not vote in the election, KGW reports. Of 112 people arrested by the Portland Police Bureau during the protests, at least 70 either did not turn in a ballot or were not registered to vote.
KGW arrived at its findings by comparing names of arrested individuals provided by the police with state voter logs held by Multnomah County Elections officials.
The head-scratching phenomenon is not isolated to Oregon, either. Ben Becker, an organizer with the New York-based antiwar and antiracism group Answer Coalition, told The New York Times that many of the local protest leaders in the state had supported Bernie Sanders in the primary and chose not to vote in the general election, or picked a third-party candidate.
