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Old 12-09-2010, 12:32 AM   #11
Tyrone Slothrop
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Re: "Man-love"? There are women millionaires and billionaires.

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski View Post
I know it's stupid to try this, but your point is that McCain voters turned out at about the same level as Obama. Remember, there were more obama voters.

but Einstein, the result was the biggest landslide in decades. That means "obama voters" switched.

Club, it's now your turn to remind me why this doesn't make sense to do.
IIRC, that poll said that 13% of Obama voters voted for Republicans, and 8% of McCain voters voted for Democrats.

It's stupid to think you can win an election only with your base. You want to win independents. But you also don't want to alienate your base, because then you have to win even more of the independents.
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