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To: jjotto

Registered Republicans did not show up at the polls. Romney got the independent vote that voted for Obama in 2008.


356 posted on 10/18/2014 8:26:37 AM PDT by Eva
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To: Eva

The Republican-leaning independents mentioned below, are they conservative purists or squishy moderates?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/12/obama-s-dirty-little-secret-to-winning-the-2012-presidential-election.html

...In the end, the enthusiasm edge may have helped drive right-wing true believers to the polls in disproportionate numbers, and self-described conservatives outnumbered acknowledged liberals by 35 percent to 25 percent, according to exit polls. But this advantage couldn’t compensate for the no-show status of Republican-leaning independents...


374 posted on 10/18/2014 8:36:09 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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