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snowguy716
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« on: November 08, 2008, 09:19:56 PM » |
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My county had been a bellwether for Minnesota probably since it was established, except for 2000. In 2000, the county went for Bush. Much of that was due to the fact that Winona LaDuke was on the Green ticket, so they got 7% of the vote.
Otherwise, we've been with the state every other election as far back as I can think... and that wasn't any different this year. Barack Obama beat John McCain in Beltrami County by 54.04 to 43.91 compared to 54.06 to 43.83 for the state.
Where we were more liberal than the state was on the senate race. We broke for Franken 45.59 to 42.97.
This is because there are significantly fewer ticket splitters here than elsewhere in the state. That is thanks in large part to the Native Americans who vote reliably DFL by a 95 to 5 margin.
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