Published 11/13/2008
by Carrie Dann
at First Read
LATE BLOOMERS: Remember how some kept repeating the mantra that undecideds would break 70-30 for McCain? Among those who decided in the two weeks leading up to the election, they broke right down the middle, 48% for Obama, 48% for McCain.
FIRST-TIMERS: The ratio of first-time voters to repeats was actually identical to the 2004 split. Eleven percent of the electorate voted for the first time in both the ‘04 and ‘08 contests. Here's the jaw-dropper, though: First-time voters went...( read more )
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