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May 14, 2008
Note to self
Avoid Mingo County, West Virginia:
Mingo
Clinton 7,813 88%
Obama 712 8%
100% reporting
Forget NASCAR dads, the moonshine vote is the key:
Mingo County is the newest county in the state, formed by an act of the state legislature in 1895 from parts of Logan County. Its founding was related to a legal protest by a moonshiner, who claimed that the Logan County Court that had found him guilty did not have jurisdiction over his case, because his was still actually located in Lincoln County. A land survey was taken and discovered that the defendant was correct. The charges were then refiled in Lincoln County court. Although the moonshiner was ultimately found guilty of his crime, the state legislature was made aware of the situation and determined that Logan County was too large for the expeditious administration of justice and decided to create a new county, called Mingo. The county was named in honor of the Mingo Native American tribe, which had been the earliest known settlers of the region.
Speaking of good old Logan County:
Logan
Clinton 8,617 84%
Obama 1,085 11%
100% reporting
Okay, I understand NASCAR has roots in moonshine smuggling, my point is they sure seem to have distilled some anti-Obama sentiment down in Mingo County.
Posted by Mike at May 14, 2008 01:03 AM
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