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DATA POINTS
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
DO YOU CARRY BEAR SPRAY WHEN YOU HIKE?
DO YOU TRUST THE OUTCOMES OF U.S. ELECTIONS?
SHOULD THE WOLVERINE BE LISTED ON THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT LIST?
TOTAL VOTES
86%
Montana’s high school graduation rate, a record high and nearly three percentage points better than the national average, according to numbers released by the state O ce of Public Instruction last week.
THE GOOD
HUNTING SEASON
First check station results on opening weekend of ri e season show the best white-tailed harvest numbers and hunter participation since 2010.
THE BAD
WORKER SHORTAGE
Despite the arrival of “shoulder season,” Flathead County is still facing a worker shortage with more than 800 positions listed at the Flathead Job Service in Kalispell.
3.33”
Amount of rainfall in Kalispell through Oct. 22, only 0.08 inches away from the all-time record for the wettest October, set in 1914, according to the National Weather Service, which keeps precipitation records dating back to 1899. Kalispell’s monthly average for October is 0.7 inches.
TOTAL VOTES
TOTAL VOTES
252
223
239
72% YES
“We still have three more
65% YES
35% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
28% NO
60% YES
40% NO
co-defendants. We’re not done yet.”
Deputy County Attorney Andrew Clegg after Robert Wittal was convicted of the May murder of Wade Rautio. Three more suspects are scheduled to stand trial in early 2017.
315,930
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Absentee ballots sent to registered voters by county election departments in Montana as of Oct. 24, compared to 212,012 ballots sent in 2008.
8.22”
Rainfall collected at the Hungry Horse
Dam Climate Station through only Oct. 18, breaking the all-time October record of 7.34 inches set in 1995. Records at the climate station date back to 1947.
60 PERCENT
Adults nationwide who support legalization of marijuana, a record, according to a new Gallup poll. But in Montana, a recent Lee Newspapers poll found 51 percent of voters oppose I-182, which would expand access to medical marijuana.
BALLOT
