Posted on 09/24/2012 12:11:08 PM PDT by Uncle Slayton
HELENA – Republican Mitt Romney leads Democratic President Barack Obama by 9 percentage points in Montana, a Lee Newspapers poll shows.
The poll results showed Romney with 51 percent, Obama with 42 percent and Libertarian Gary Johnson with 2 percent. Five percent of the voters were undecided.
(Excerpt) Read more at missoulian.com ...
Was Montana ever in doubt this election cycle?
Montana.
Why is it even that close?
“Why is it even that close?”
The pollster may have slightly over sampled the burgeoning black and Hispanic vote in Montana.
>>>Why is it even that close?<<<
Missoula, Bozeman, Butte, Flathead Valley and Helena, for starters.
Hipsters, richsters (outside money), union hands and gubmint employees.
We’re still below 47%, so it would seem, but both the open U.S. Senate seat and the governorship are neck and neck.
Don’t forget the reservation dwellers...
Almost went there.
But then I figgered I had to throw down on the farm programmers too, and some of the “progressive” churchers, and some of my enviro fishing buddies who should know better, and the Billings boosters and their blankety-blank $80 million new Federal Courthouse, et al...
You remember after 2008 elections and dumb@$$ Schweitzer went off before some national audience and told them he could always count on 90% of the Indian vote, just needed to take a few thousand in cash out to the Rez a week or two before the election.
What a Bidenish piece of garbage he is...
Yeah! 3 electoral votes! (guessing)
Anyway, Montana could do a lot more good in this election by having someone challenge 0bama’s eligibility to be on the ballot.
That relationship is a bit pissy now that 0 went after their hydro dam that produces more than enough excess power to be quite profitable. Capitalism practiced at its socialist best.
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