Why is Montana so close?! I thought it was a conservative state?
Looks like Montana has been Californicated.
Axios graph, 58% counted. Rosendale ahead by 2800 votes and about a 1% lead. Damned libertarian stole 9000 votes so far.
Why did Manchin win? People have a strange attachment to their dem senators.
Heavy union population (especially Butte) plus Med Turner and Californication
The same thing for every state.
The cities.
There’s also redistricting to take into account and if we took out the illegal vote, I’ll bet there would be a lot of different results.
Montana is much like many states these days. The “urban” areas are small geographically compared to the rest of the state but LARGE population wise.
In my state, King County/Seattle out-votes for the rest of the state (there was a day when that area was more balanced vs far left as it is today).
The entire west is going blue at a very rapid pace.
Why was Tester elected six years ago? Politics is complicated, there are no easy "red" and "blue" answers ... anywhere.
This may be part of the reason:
“Tester had received $19,227,650 in campaign donations and spent $17,674,961 while the Rosendale campaign had received only $4,722,943 in campaign donations and spent $4,204,778.
Tester also had a drastic advantage in PAC support, with $3.6 million compared to $325K for Rosendale.“
Rosendale was VASTLY outspent by Tester. Not to mention the power of incumbency.
Lots of Californians moving there to (gasp) escape the high cost of living in CA. Duh. Just like Colorado.
That part of the nation has long been known for being conservative but putting DemocRats in office.