Day 12: Idaho

[minionofmidas]

Al's post belongs in the past tense - while the contrast is still there, it's not as marked as it was in political results (it's still the obvious division on other sociopolitical levels, it's just not as much of a political cleavage anymore.)
Blaine Co is Sun Valley. It's one of the wealthier counties in Idaho - and it swung further Dem by a good deal, your usual Western resort city trend there.
Boise, traditionally a very Republican city, also swung Dem by something like 5 points from 2000 to 2004.

[minionofmidas]

Al's post belongs in the past tense - while the contrast is still there, it's not as marked as it was in political results (it's still the obvious division on other sociopolitical levels, it's just not as much of a political cleavage anymore.)

It is in state level elections

If the state Senate's 80% Rep, there's gotta be some Republicans elected in NW Idaho too...

[minionofmidas]

If the state Senate's 80% Rep, there's gotta be some Republicans elected in NW Idaho too...

All of that areas state senators are currently Republicans; the Democrats do pretty well up their in state house elections though... it's pretty much (but not quite) the reverse in Boise for some reason.
Unless my figures are wrong.

That's weird.

[minionofmidas]

Yeah, he was...wonder what brought him back...or maybe he's been lurking all this while?