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Yes that was our most recent national claim to fame in politics. Gianforte is not a good representation of Montana politicians. He is a party boy and his campai
by alexkavon 9y ago
Yes that was our most recent national claim to fame in politics. Gianforte is not a good representation of Montana politicians. He is a party boy and his campaign was nearly a replica of Trump's in a time of political uncertainty. He went up against a very weak Democratic candidate and a very week Libertarian candidate. That event also took place on the night before going to the polls after most Montanan's had sent in their ballots through the mail. When it boils down to being a red state, you'll see more party line voters. However if you were to sit down with these red staters you'd find they're mighty different.
- hueving 9y agoJust to be clear, the majority of Montana's do not vote by mail. It's just about 1/3 of the population. And only 2/3 of those absentee ballots had been returned when that news hit. So still ~75% of the population voted with that knowledge and put him in office. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/05/25/politics/montana-special-election-turnout/index.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/05/25/poli...