http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/politicalInfo.php?locIndex=6980Presidential politics: Latah County supported George W. Bush in the last two presidential elections. According to unofficial vote totals for 2004, Bush received 8,686 votes and Kerry received
8,430 votes.
In the November 2000 race, Latah County supported Bush. Countywide, 8,161 people voted for Bush and 5,661 voted for Gore. Nader received 999 votes.
Voters: Measured by the count of citizens age 18 and older at the time of the 2000 census, Latah County has the following numbers of potential voters:
Total: 26,842
Male: 13,949 (52.0%)
Female: 12,893 (48.0%)
So the Democratic candidate went up by almost 3,000 votes? Granted Nader was not on the ballot and he got 999 votes last time around, but that still leaves a huge gain in that county. Is there a back story to this county's shift?