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Vigo Co., Ind., Has an Knack for Picking the Election Winner

You've heard of Joe the Plumber. Well, meet Joe the Boot Seller. Joe Tanoos has owned Tromp and Tread, a work and sport shoe store, for 30 years. He lives in Vigo County in western Indiana, a place where they somehow always seem to pick a White House winner. This county has gone with the winning presidential candidate all but two times over the last 100 years, and every time since 1952. "I think we are probably a microcosm of the country," said Fred Bauer, a lifelong Terre Haute resident.... Full Story
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