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liberalvaluesblog.com - 11/4/2009
The Independent Vote Yesterday
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Discussions of the Republicans winning independent votes yesterday by the media are showing misconceptions about independent voters. First Read concludes “it’s about the middle, it’s about independents.” Their error is in assuming that independents and the middle are the ...
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gay.americablog.com - 11/3/2009
gay ballot measure
— gay.americablog.com — Correction: The nation, minus the Democratic Party. Joe wrote last night about how the DNC's "Organizing for... America" organization (formerly known as "Obama for America") emailed Maine voters yesterday about today's election, but failed to mention ... (more) gay ballot measure

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thenextright.com - 11/4/2009
What Did NY-23 Mean?
— thenextright.com — [ Disclosure: I worked with the Doug Hoffman campaign . However, the views here are my own.... I have not discussed this at all with the Hoffman campaign. ] The bottom line on NY-23 : Doug Hoffman just won the Republican Primary. The general ... (more) What Did NY-23 Mean?

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fivethirtyeight.com - 29 days ago
Independent Voters and Empty Explanations
— fivethirtyeight.com — Karl Rove : The trend here is that suburban and independent voters moved into the GOP column... . The overall shift away from Democrats was 13 points in Virginia, 12 points in New Jersey, and eight points in Pennsylvania. [...] Looking ahead, the bad ... (more) Independent Voters and Empty Explanations

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