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Barr Votes Would Have Given GOP Wins in North Carolin and Indiana

Posted on 11/10/2008 12:33:31 PM PST by BlueStateBlues

If Barr's votes had gone to Palin and her running mate they would have won North Carolina and Indiana. North Carolina: Obama 49.9%, Palin 49.5%, Barr 0.6$ Indiana Obama 49.9%, Palin 49%, Barr 1.1% This would have been more important in a closer election, but it caught my interest when I looked the figures up.


TOPICS: US: Indiana; US: North Carolina; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bobbarr; in2008; libertarianparty; lp; nc2008; professionalspoilers; sideshowbob; thirdparty
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Not a criticism of Barr, just more information about the 2008 voting patterns.
1 posted on 11/10/2008 12:33:31 PM PST by BlueStateBlues
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To: BlueStateBlues

Barr took votes but so didn’t Nader.


2 posted on 11/10/2008 12:34:21 PM PST by misterrob (Smooth talkers win at singles bars and in politics .. often with similar outcomes for the listener)
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To: BlueStateBlues

Losertarians are worse than useless.


3 posted on 11/10/2008 12:34:36 PM PST by kesg
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To: BlueStateBlues

To the best of my knowledge, Indiana hasn’t been decided yet and is in our favor.


4 posted on 11/10/2008 12:35:28 PM PST by kidd
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To: BlueStateBlues

Any theories about an Obama landslide are extremely delusional.

There were a 1/2 dozen states that were very close and about 1/2 dozen more that were within 10%, more than enough to get an electoral majority if we dont run another McCain.


5 posted on 11/10/2008 12:35:40 PM PST by Free Vulcan (No prisoners. No mercy. 2010 awaits.....)
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To: kesg

Libertarians are deceiving...


6 posted on 11/10/2008 12:35:43 PM PST by Ancient Drive (will)
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To: misterrob; BlueStateBlues
Barr took votes but so didn’t Nader.

Sure, but in the above two states, Barr plus McCain would be above 50%.

I suspect that in the states where Nader kept Obama under 50%, Obama won anyway...

7 posted on 11/10/2008 12:36:34 PM PST by PhatHead
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To: kesg

Yes, but don’t you know that at the end of the day liberdopians feel so good about themselves. Hope they love the H*ll out of what they are going to get from Hussein Obama.


8 posted on 11/10/2008 12:36:35 PM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (God Save The United States From The Democrats. Amen.)
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To: BlueStateBlues

Juan was a drag on the ticket.


9 posted on 11/10/2008 12:36:43 PM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilute.)
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To: BlueStateBlues

The libertarians didn’t run a libertarian for President.


10 posted on 11/10/2008 12:37:03 PM PST by mysterio
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To: BlueStateBlues

How about Republicans quite whining about third parties being spoilers and give the third party voters some incentive to vote for them (e.g. not doubling the size of government in eight years)?


11 posted on 11/10/2008 12:37:41 PM PST by CautiouslyHopeful
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To: kesg

We have to do something about these damned Libertarians.

They’ve cost us Senate seats from coast to coast for over a decade and are creating more havoc as we speak.

We need an army of money to underwrite leftists to primary congressional Dems. And more money for Green Party candidates in the general.


12 posted on 11/10/2008 12:38:07 PM PST by mwl8787
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To: BlueStateBlues

Just noticed I misspelled Carolina in the title. My mind must be on Carolyn Kennedy, the once and future Princess of the enlightened and unwashed.


13 posted on 11/10/2008 12:38:23 PM PST by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

well said — these idiots make the perfect the enemy of the good.


14 posted on 11/10/2008 12:39:26 PM PST by mwl8787
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To: kidd

Indiana is gone. Obama.


15 posted on 11/10/2008 12:39:50 PM PST by mwl8787
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To: kesg

excuses are for losers. the GOP ran a crappy candidate and crappy campaign, that is why they lost...not Bob Barr for pity’s sake!


16 posted on 11/10/2008 12:40:06 PM PST by MoreGovLess (The USA has one main political party: the Kleptocrats)
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To: CautiouslyHopeful

Well said!


17 posted on 11/10/2008 12:41:50 PM PST by A Texan (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: BlueStateBlues

Who cares? If Barr stopped McCain from winning Virgina, Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Nevada, it would have made a difference.


18 posted on 11/10/2008 12:42:52 PM PST by HenpeckedCon (1/20/13 - Hussein's Last Day!)
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To: misterrob

Nader wasn’t on the ballot in NC


19 posted on 11/10/2008 12:43:16 PM PST by jbwbubba
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To: kesg

excuses are for losers. the GOP ran a crappy candidate and crappy campaign, that is why they lost...not Bob Barr for pity’s sake!


20 posted on 11/10/2008 12:44:02 PM PST by MoreGovLess (The USA has one main political party: the Kleptocrats)
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