For those into respectful comparison...
Harry Reid
Searchlight, Nevada
Males: 420 (55.7%)
Females: 335 (44.3%)
Estimated median household income in 2008: $31,015
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $168,280
Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $169,420; Detached houses: $285,597; Mobile homes: $76,213
Races in Searchlight:
* White Non-Hispanic (93.4%)
* Hispanic (3.6%)
* Other race (1.7%)
* American Indian (1.7%)
* Two or more races (1.6%)
* Black (0.7%)
Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Searchlight: 89.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)
Ancestries: German (16.8%), Irish (14.8%), United States (12.2%), English (9.7%), French (7.8%), Dutch (4.0%).
Elevation: 3470 feet
Land area: 13.1 square miles.
Population density: 58 people per square mile (very low).
Blah, Blah, Blah,
http://www.city-data.com/city/Searchlight-Nevada.html
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Bob Dole
Russell, Kansas
Males: 2,008 (47.6%)
Females: 2,209 (52.4%)
Estimated median household income in 2008: $31,181
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $70,000
Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $75,893; Detached houses: $75,443; Mobile homes: $32,308
Races in Russell:
* White Non-Hispanic (96.4%)
* American Indian (1.2%)
* Hispanic (1.0%)
* Two or more races (0.9%)
* Black (0.7%)
Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Russell: 73.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)
Ancestries: German (44.3%), English (9.5%), Irish (8.9%), United States (6.3%), Russian (3.5%), French (2.6%).
Elevation: 1826 feet
Land area: 4.91 square miles.
Population density: 859 people per square mile (low).
Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Russell: 73.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)
Blah, Blah, Blah
http://www.kansastowns.us/russell.html
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I've never been to Searchlight, Nevada, but I grew up among old time Desert Rats in essentially the same desert. I can't imagine the home crowd going for Reid.
I have been to Russell, Kansas: My impression was that it rolls the sidewalks up after 4:30 pm or so... as I recall, I couldn't get something to eat in the late afternoon next to the interstate -
and the sun was still up in the winter when I pulled in.
They had some real pride in Dole. Whether or not he ever visited his hometown after he made it, they had - as I remember (Several trips on 70 through Kansas in 1996) - a sign on the interstate which loudly proclaimed Russel, Kansas as Bob Dole's home town.
Does Searchlight have a similar sign for Harry Reid?