Montana

[Gren]

I cannot guess why in a state that is overwhelmingly white, rural, with a lot of conservative christians (Mormons, evangelicals) located in a region which is a GOP stronghold (Wyoming gave 65% to the old guy, Idaho 61%) without many working class voters, and which in 2004 backed Bush by 59%, Obama received almost the same amount of votes that his opponent. Native Americans live in large numbers  in MT but the percentage of them in South Dakota is higher and Obama's result was better in MT.

I hope you can enlighten me Thank you in advance

[Gren]

So Montana has been culturally Californicated, too? That would be a good point, but I don't think the influx of liberal people has been the sole responsible for this change. And what do you mean with old working class, Getúlio? Plays it an important role on Montana politics? I assumed that Montana had little working class people, since the state's industry doesn't seem very prosperous.

And actually mormons stand around 5% in Montana, maybe insignificant if compared with Utah or Idaho, but for someone who is not used to see non Catholic Christians, it's a really remarkable percentage

[Gren]

Thanks to everyone, I got the message. I Didn't know Montana had a large working class community because I didn't know mining was important there. As with working class, I refer to people who work in the industry or in the mines, or even in the service sector (plumbers, mechanics, etc) Farmers or small business owners, for example, don't suit my definition, even if their incomes were similar. But whatever.

So: west coast liberals+working class people not disenchanted with democrats+native americans and other no-matter-how-small minorities+college students+lack of a religious conservative majority+general dissapointent over republicans= 47.2% for Obama in Montana?