Montana Projection: Obama By 18
With seven Native American reservations, it is impossible to consider the history of Montana without also considering the tragic and oppressive realities of the past and present. Montana’s Native Americans today comprise just 6.4% of the population and face high rates of infant mortality, poverty and unemployment in what is already a poor state. In the frenetic pace of the campaign, it would have probably been easy, an efficient political calculation, for Barack Obama to disregard Montana’s Native American population entirely.
Sources:
- www.blueoregon.com
- www.nfmpolitico.com
- poligot.wordpress.com
- egghead.cc.trincoll.edu
- www.fivethirtyeight.com
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