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Do They Hate Clinton More Than They Care About The Dem Party? | 127 comments (127 topical)

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Please quantify your analysis. (none / 0) (#99)
by Donald from Hawaii on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 01:44:04 PM EST
Otherwise, you are simply making a supposition and then presenting it as fact.

Well, here's the primary fact: Over 2.1 million voters went to the polls in the Michigan and Florida primaries, and further, the Florida Democratic primary experienced record turnout.

We either allow those states to conduct a re-vote, or we seat their delegations as determined by those primaries. Anything else is tantamount to committing political suicide in the '08 presidential election.

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It can't be quantified (none / 0) (#119)
by ItsGreg on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 03:45:34 PM EST
That's part of the problem, isn't it. If we knew how many Clinton supporters and how many Obama supporters stayed home rather than vote in a primary that was declared void, we'd have less of a problem. But we don't know. You can't quantify an unknown like that.


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On the other hand (none / 0) (#131)
by blueasthesky on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 09:33:03 PM EST
On the other hand, maybe the disenfranchisement  had the opposite effect, spurring voters on to defy the DNC.  I can imagine a voter saying:  "Taking away our delegates!  Well, I'll show them!"  

In any election, there are thousands of factors that can spur somebody to go to the polls or to stay home.  You can't quantify any of them.  What you're saying here is no different from any election.  

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