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Boof
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Message 752 of 1485 (654831)
03-05-2012 12:07 AM
Reply to: Message 655 by Straggler
02-06-2012 3:00 PM


Don't misunderestimate them....
I have been reading this thread with interest, much in the same way one watches a bus crash in to a child care centre with interest.
Straggler writes:
Could a bunch of Democrats have signed up to vote in this caucas in order to make a different Republican candidate win and thus throw the cat amongst the pigeons?
Read this in a news article over here in oz:
quote:
...but this week's US Republican presidential primary in Michigan may point to some unintended consequences.
Exit polls show that 10 per cent of those voting were actually Democrat supporters, 50 per cent of whom voted for the right wing Rick Santorum with just 15 per cent for Mitt Romney.
CNN reported that close to 40 per cent of those who labelled themselves "liberal" Democrats cast a ballot for Santorum.
This was strategic or "mischief" voting at its worst, designed to undermine the Republicans' chances of winning the presidency rather than to endorse the person the voters in question thought was the best candidate on the day
I wonder how accurate these figures are? If true a 10% voting bloc could have significant sway in some of the closer elections.

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