Running for presidency in the US is a great thing and the competition is always harsh. While some states may prefer one of the candidates others will vote for his or her opponent and the competition keeps everyone on the edge of their seats whenever results are presented. While it may be difficult to truly predict which of the two opponents will come out as the winner, the Missouri election results have come to reflect the entire nation’s choice. This phenomenon is known as the Missouri bellwether and it has been going on for more than a century now.
It is indeed surprising to see that for all the elections beginning with 1904, except two, the Missouri election results have indicated the nation’s will. Other states in the US, such as Ohio, Iowa, and New Mexico, are considered to show the latest trends in social, health or educational issues in which the nation is asked to voice its opinion. It seems these states accurately indicate and reflect what an entire nation thinks when it comes to stem cell research or gay rights. However, these states have become instruments in checking the nation’s pulse concerning certain issues only recently whereas Missouri has been viewed as a great indicator in presidential elections for quite a while now.
One of the reasons why the Missouri election results reflect an entire nation’s choice is that this state’s citizens come from all sorts of social and educational backgrounds. People living here come from cities as well as rural areas and they are as varied as the population in the entire US. In addition, the state is in the center of US, neighboring the South, the Midwest, the Plains and the Border States; therefore it has all kinds of influences. Because of these factors Missouri election results are similar to the national results when deciding who the president should be.
Despite all this, there are some journalists who refuse to declare Missouri a bellwether saying that Missouri election results do not reflect the nation’s options but the other way round. In fact they consider that Missouri should be considered as indicating if a certain trend is mainstream rather than indicating what the trend really is. Still, Missouri has been quite accurate in voting the same with the entire US nation for a century now and no one can take that away from it denying its role and its status of bellwether state.
It is indeed surprising to see that for all the elections beginning with 1904, except two, the Missouri election results have indicated the nation’s will. Other states in the US, such as Ohio, Iowa, and New Mexico, are considered to show the latest trends in social, health or educational issues in which the nation is asked to voice its opinion. It seems these states accurately indicate and reflect what an entire nation thinks when it comes to stem cell research or gay rights. However, these states have become instruments in checking the nation’s pulse concerning certain issues only recently whereas Missouri has been viewed as a great indicator in presidential elections for quite a while now.
One of the reasons why the Missouri election results reflect an entire nation’s choice is that this state’s citizens come from all sorts of social and educational backgrounds. People living here come from cities as well as rural areas and they are as varied as the population in the entire US. In addition, the state is in the center of US, neighboring the South, the Midwest, the Plains and the Border States; therefore it has all kinds of influences. Because of these factors Missouri election results are similar to the national results when deciding who the president should be.
Despite all this, there are some journalists who refuse to declare Missouri a bellwether saying that Missouri election results do not reflect the nation’s options but the other way round. In fact they consider that Missouri should be considered as indicating if a certain trend is mainstream rather than indicating what the trend really is. Still, Missouri has been quite accurate in voting the same with the entire US nation for a century now and no one can take that away from it denying its role and its status of bellwether state.
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