Idaho

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Idaho is a US state, and is the birthplace of Sarah Palin. Ruby Ridge is here too.

[edit] Politics

Idaho is now one of the most idiotically red states there is, having not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since LBJ in 1964. However, Democrats held Idaho's governorship from 1971 to 1995, a pretty impressive record that even many blue states don't have. Slowly, an uprising of intelligent people (who, as logic dictates, must be DemocratsDo You Believe That?) is slowly changing the political landscape, but really only in upscale and trendy Blaine County. Traditionally, the northern panhandle was the Democratic stronghold of the state, especially its mining towns, but this ended about the time conservative retirees (and a few white supremacist groups) moved into the area in sizable numbers while the Democratic Party's de-emphasizing trade union issues and embracing environmentalism didn't help either. The heavily Mormon southeastern part of the state has traditionally been a Republican stronghold, and remains so. So basically just Blaine County at this point. A far cry from when the state was represented in the Senate by Frank Church, one of the most liberal senators of the mid-20th century.

Icon fun.svg For those of you in the mood, RationalWiki has a fun article about Idaho.
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