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Originally Posted by Boo
Alaska was bound to be a Bush state (with our measly 3 EC votes). Opening ANWR is a hot topic here.
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yeah, i talked to another alaskan and he said he had no problem with the drilling.
this is funny because i know a lot of montanans. seems like a similar outdoorsy rural red state, but montanans must be environmentalists in comparison. the land is deeply respected, the government is not. bush wanted to do some exploratory drilling on the rocky mountain front, not even in a particularly special location, and the public outcry was significant enough for the administration to scrap plans completely.
also, there was a ballot initiative to relax regulations to allow a mining company to set up shop -- soundly defeated.