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Rural Montana voters critical to winning 2012 election races
Posted: Feb 19, 2012 3:59 PM by Marnee Banks (KXLH Helena)
HELENA- About two-thirds of Montana's population lives in or around seven major cities. This leaves about 350,000 Montanans living in rural areas and according to the 2010 Census, the state's rural population is continuing to shrink as people move toward town.
Author of Big Sky Politics Jon Bennion has been studying these population trends and how they affect elections.
"Candidates cannot ignore rural Montana. If a candidate thinks they want and go and just campaign in the seven or eight largest cities the rural areas will understand that they are getting ignored. They don't appreciate that and nor should they. They are still a part of the state and a very important part of the state economically and politically," Bennion says.
He says rural Montana generally tends to vote Republican, but he says there are pockets which vote Democrat. He says the key issues for rural voters are agriculture, ranching, and natural resource development.
More: http://www.kaj18.com/news/rural-montana-voters-critical-to-winning-2012-election/
HELENA- About two-thirds of Montana's population lives in or around seven major cities. This leaves about 350,000 Montanans living in rural areas and according to the 2010 Census, the state's rural population is continuing to shrink as people move toward town.
Author of Big Sky Politics Jon Bennion has been studying these population trends and how they affect elections.
"Candidates cannot ignore rural Montana. If a candidate thinks they want and go and just campaign in the seven or eight largest cities the rural areas will understand that they are getting ignored. They don't appreciate that and nor should they. They are still a part of the state and a very important part of the state economically and politically," Bennion says.
He says rural Montana generally tends to vote Republican, but he says there are pockets which vote Democrat. He says the key issues for rural voters are agriculture, ranching, and natural resource development.
More: http://www.kaj18.com/news/rural-montana-voters-critical-to-winning-2012-election/
Senator Tester is up for re-election.
