As you’d expect from the man who assembles the Almanac of American Politics, Michael Barone has some interesting insights about the district of the late Rep. Jack Murtha.
Among his peculiar tidbits:
This is the only district in the nation that voted for John Kerry in 2004 and John McCain in 2008. You might want to explain that as an affinity for Vietnam veterans. The better explanation is that it is part of the Jacksonian belt that starts in southwest Pennsylvania and extends along the Appalachians and southwestward to Tennessee and Texas?an area where Barack Obama ran very poorly in both the primaries and the general election in 2008.
