What makes Blaine County so liberal by Idaho standards?
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Samof94
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« on: August 11, 2023, 06:06:40 AM »
It voted less like a country in Idaho normally would be, especially one that rural.
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2023, 06:12:11 AM »
It contains the Sun Valley ski resort, and votes like most ski resort counties do. As a general rule, when you see a seemingly random Democratic county in the Mountain West, the reason will usually be either tourism, a college, or Native Americans (with the #populist Purple heart strongholds of Silver Bow and Deer Lodge counties in Montana being the only real exceptions I can think of).
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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2023, 08:34:34 AM »
This is not a thing.
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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2023, 09:17:41 AM »

Really??? I always use a # and a heart emoji when I’m trying to be entirely serious…
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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2023, 10:38:12 PM »
Any sort of ski-town is sort of similar to a college town - just so culturally removed from the surrounding areas.

Also Blaine County really isn't that large (population wise). It doesn't take a very large enclave of liberals to make it D leaning.
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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2023, 11:37:14 AM »
Ski resort county
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