Minnick Wins By Under 4000 Votes

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U.S. Rep. Bill Sali, R-Idaho, along with his wife Terry, addresses the Republican party on Tuesday in Boise.

Overall (952 of 956):
DEM Walt Minnick 173,316 51%
REP Bill Sali 169,697 49%

Kootenai County (75 of 75):
Bill Sali (REP) 30,661 50.61
Walt Minnick (DEM) 29,917 49.39

Question: In Kootenai Count, Sali beat Minnick by less than 1000 votes while McCain-Palin tromped Obama-Biden by 16,000. How do you interpret those numbers?