[zwerni]

“Seventy percent (70%) of African-American voters favor McCain’s plan, as do 50% of white voters. “

—and out of that 50% mccain may have picked up the votes of 0.0001% of them.

[Rumierules]

—and out of that 50% mccain may have picked up the votes of 0.0001% of them.
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Agreed. If your going to proposed bad policy, why not make it an effective pander?

[PugetSoundSoldier]

—and out of that 50% mccain may have picked up the votes of 0.0001% of them.

That would be 200 votes. In 2000, a swing of 200 votes in Florida - from Bush to Gore - would have changed the election.