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« on: December 25, 2008, 02:20:23 PM » |
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Well, you can't really directly compare Montana with the surrounding states. Cleveland wasn't on the ballot in Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, or North Dakota, so he was essentially the only competition to Harrison in those states, naturally increasing his vote shares in those states. Yes, Weaver did worse in Montana than in some other western states with Cleveland on the ballot such as Oregon, South Dakota, and Nebraska, but he did not actually do that much worse in Montana than in Washington, and he performed better in Montana than in California and Minnesota.
Another part of the problem is that eastern Montana was so sparsely populated that his weak performance out there barely affected his statewide totals, but to the eye it looks like he did poorly in a lot of land. In fact that area was comprised of only three or four counties at the time.
As for the exact reasons, that is for someone else to answer.
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