June 06, 2008

Indians preferred Obama

Obama thanks Native votersNumbers gathered by the campaign indicate Obama received more than 75 percent of the vote in Big Horn County, in which many Crow and some Northern Cheyenne reside. Chandler added that Obama beat New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in all counties in Montana containing the state's reservations. Overall, the senator from Illinois garnered 56 percent of Montana's vote, compared to 41 percent for Clinton.

"Native Americans were front and center for Barack," said Windy Boy, who noted that Montana Sen. Conrad Burns, a Republican, lost his seat by less than 4,000 votes after American Indian leaders criticized him for taking money from convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff in 2006.

While Obama lost South Dakota 55 percent to 45 percent to Clinton, he was still much more popular than her among Natives, winning all eight counties in the state with significant American Indian populations. In Shannon County, home to the Pine Ridge reservation, he won 52 percent of the vote; in Todd County, home to the Rosebud Sioux reservation, he won 63 percent.
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4 comments:

  1. writerfella12:59 AM

    Writerfella here --
    Interesting statistics, until someone asks just how many Natives voted. Statistics quite easily can be manipulated. Per exemplum, two USAF members of writerfella's 4756 MMS Squadron were up for re-enlistment in March 1967. One mustered out, the other re-upped. 4756th HQ reported to 14th AF HQ that for March their re-enlistment rate was 50%...
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  2. Rob9:21 PM

    I suppose someone could ferret out the precinct-by-precinct vote totals, identify which precincts have Indian populations, and give us those numbers. Until then, all we have to go by is the county-by-county totals.

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  3. writerfella12:35 AM

    Writerfella here --
    But that's how it works, unless you aren't interested in such totals...
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  4. Rob1:48 PM

    That's how what works? States tally votes precinct by precinct and county by county. Both ways tell us something about the electorate.

    I'm interested in any numbers we can get. Until someone ferrets out the precinct-by-precinct vote totals, identifies which precincts have Indian populations, and gives us those numbers, all we have to go by is the county-by-county totals.

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