I think his outing (of whatever it was that he did) effected the results in Colorado. Outside Colorado, the effect was minor.
Dear Clintonfatigued,
I don't think his outing had a big effect, but the article makes a good case that his other activities may have helped to draw away a significant percentage of evangelical Christians from voting Republican.
His efforts to balance out the agenda of evangelicals with the issue of global warming specifically, and environmentalism generally, may have been a significant part of why support for Republican candidates fell from 78% of evangelicals to 50% this year.
That's a devastating blow. If Mr. Haggard's efforts was a substantial part of the reason for that decline, then his effect on the election was pretty significant.
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Haggard was accused of buying meth for a gay lover.
Haggard's is in the CO-05. We still held that seat and CO's gay marriage ban passed.