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DATA POINTS
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
DO YOU AGREE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA’S EXECUTIVE ACTION TO EXPAND BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN PURCHASES?
TOTAL VOTES
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS WHO SEIZED A FEDERAL BUILDING IN OREGON?
TOTAL VOTES
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN CHINA?
TOTAL VOTES
2.48 MILLION
Visitation to Montana state parks in 2015, setting a record for the third straight year. Parks on Flathead Lake drew 281,000 visitors, second most in the state.
224
216
209
54% YES
46% NO
21% YES
79% NO
46% YES
54% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
“TransCanada has been unjustly deprived of the value of its multi-billion dollar investment by the U.S. Administration’s action.”
TransCanada in a statement after the Canadian oil company that proposed the Keystone XL oil pipeline  led a lawsuit over the U.S. government’s rejection of the project.
17.47 MILLION
Cars sold by U.S. automakers in 2015, a new record. Analysts predicts sales could go even higher in 2016, fueled by low gas prices and low interest rates.
THE GOOD
U.S. HIRING
American employers added a robust 292,000 jobs in December, suggesting that the U.S. economy is so far defying global weakness and growing solidly.
THE BAD
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
Fatalities on Montana roadways increased in 2015 by more than 16 percent compared to 2014, with a lack of seat belt restraints playing a major role in most of the deaths. The state saw 224 roadway deaths in 2015, according to Montana Highway Patrol’s statistics.
“President Obama’s action to limit law- abiding Montanans’ Second Amendment rights is no surprise given his tyrannical record, but it should still worry every American who values their rights and liberties.”
Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke
following President Barack Obama’s executive order on gun control that would expand background checks for gun purchases.
36
ACT score by Glacier High School senior Ryker McIntyre, the highest possible composite score on the college readiness exam. On average, less than one- tenth of 1 percent of students who take the ACT earn the top score. Among test takers in the high school graduating class of 2015, only 1,598 of more than 1.92 million students earned an ACT composite score of 36.
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