pbrower2a
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« on: October 15, 2016, 09:45:06 AM » |
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We have seen little polling for Montana. It's hard to think of a valid analogy for this state. Neighbors Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, are different enough in culture and economics to be poor predictors of how Montana would vote. It did go to Bill Clinton in 1992 and was close to going for Barack Obama in 2008. But that is in Presidential politics. There have been times in which Montana had two Democratic senators.
The agricultural activity is largely ranching and not farming, which has typically explained the difference between such states as Iowa (generally D) and Kansas (generally R) even if the demographics are otherwise similar.
Montana gets little attention because its three electoral votes mean little; the state has no large concentrations of people for mass rallies (see Nevada as a contrast). Montana voters typically have concerns other than the Presidential election. The Senate? Of course. Congress has as much importance as the Presidency in determining what America is.
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