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November 02, 2004
Montana | Weather or Not To Vote

Weather can affect voter turnout, so it might be handy to know what the current forecast is for your area and what the road conditions are. For instance, consider:

In Minnesota…on Halloween Day in 1991, a three-day storm brought 37 inches of snow and Minneapolis 28 inches. Snow, freezing rain and sleet made driving a car a gamble with one’s life. If such a storm were to hit Minnesota on the night before Election Day, who would be more willing and able to get to the precincts, Kerry voters or Bush voters? And which side has a higher rate of ownership of four-wheel-drive vehicles?

Fortunately, here in Montana the weather is supposed to relatively mild in most areas…the only significant weather activity here in Great Falls today, for instance, is a high-wind warning through tonight. If this election were held in 2002 or 2003, things might have been a bit more dicey. (cross-posted to Big Sky Blog)



Posted by davidmsc at November 2, 2004 08:23 AM | TrackBack
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David,

It is David, right? I noticed when you first signed up and I visited your blog that you don’t carry the Helena weather - speaking of weather…

Posted by: Cap'n DOC [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 10:40 AM

yeah, if the wind shut us down in gf, we wouldn’t ever get anything done… though we might postpone the outdoor ping pong tournament a day or so.

Posted by: waffletromper [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 12:26 PM

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