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Updated May 30, 2024 at 12:15 p.m. The first Indianapolis 500 car race was held on this day in 1911. The race is 500 miles long, and is commonly known as the “Indy 500.” Where was the first Indy 500 car race held? The first Indy 500 car race was held at the Indianapolis Motor […]
-Analysis- WASHINGTON (Indiana) — This city of 11,000, nestled among a handful of low hills rising from table-flat Hoosier farm fields, is 680 miles from the other Washington, but the cultural and political divide may be even greater than the geographical distance. Solidly red Indiana backed Donald Trump by 57% to Hillary Clinton’s 37%. Voters here in Daviess County went for Trump over Clinton by 79% to 16%, more than the 74 % who voted for Mitt Romney in 2012 and the 67% who supported John McCain in 2008. Indeed, Daviess, tucked into the state’s southwestern toe between Illinois and […]