New polling from Gallup shows that, for the first time, more people in Oregon identify as liberal than conservative.

Washington joined the Beaver State with liberals outnumbering conservatives for the first time, and California remains a reliable liberal stalwart, so the entire west coast is more left-leaning, the polling service announced Tuesday.

The shift in Oregon is indicative of a nationwide trend.

"While all 50 states were right-leaning as recently as 2010, the number of net-conservative states was 44 in 2016 and dropped to 39 in 2017, with Rhode Island, California, Oregon, Maryland and Washington all scoring as net-liberal for the first time," Gallup said in announcing the results.

Some 39 states remain more conservative than liberal, the poll found.

The results were based on more than 180,000 interviews, at least 493 in each state, and the samples were weighted to insure fair representation of each state's population. The polling service asked respondents if their political views were conservative, very conservative, moderate, liberal or very liberal.

Of the 3,187 respondents in Oregon, 28 percent said they were either very conservative or conservative and 31 percent identified as liberal or very liberal. A plurality of respondents, some 36 percent, identified as moderate.

Nationwide, 35 percent responded as either conservative or very conservative, while 26 percent responded as liberal or very liberal. Another 35 percent said they identified as moderate.

You can find the full results of the poll here.

Correction: An earlier version of this post said that liberals were a majority in Oregon. The post has been updated to show that, while they outnumber conservatives for the first time, moderates remain the largest group.

-- Kale Williams

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