[justa-hairyape]

Seems awful strange that Yellowstone County which went for Bush 40,863 to 24,101 in 2004 (~margin 16,760), now only gives their Republican Senator a 1,400 margin of victory 2 years later. The pub victory margin is off by a factor of 10 in just 2 years as it stands (94 % reporting).

[justa-hairyape]

Yellowstone is 100 %. 29,203 Rep, 27,981 Dem. Looks like either 3 to 4 thousand Republicans voted Democrat here or 6-8 thousand Republicans stayed home. 2004 - 40,863 for Bush and 24,101 for Kerry. 2000 - 33,922 for Bush and 20,370 for Gore.

[SmoothTalker]

"Seems awful strange that Yellowstone County which went for Bush 40,863 to 24,101 in 2004 (~margin 16,760), now only gives their Republican Senator a 1,400 margin of victory 2 years later. "

We saw that same sort of thing in a lot of places this election cycle. And Tester is obviously better suited to a state like Montana than an out of touch elite like Kerry was.

[SmoothTalker]

"Seems awful strange that Yellowstone County which went for Bush 40,863 to 24,101 in 2004 (~margin 16,760), now only gives their Republican Senator a 1,400 margin of victory 2 years later. "

We saw that same sort of thing in a lot of places this election cycle. And Tester is obviously better suited to a state like Montana than an out of touch elite like Kerry was.