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March of Time Donating Member (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:18 AM
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People have weird voting habits...
How can the same people who vote for Russ Feingold, who's FAR more liberal than even John Kerry (who's more liberal than modeate himself), vote for the Chimp?
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:20 AM
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1. Canvassing and calling
revealed this same strange thing....

ran across a small percentage woho were strong Feingold supporters but were voting for Bush....some people requested Feingold yard signs but refused Kerry yard signs........
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March of Time Donating Member (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:23 AM
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3. One possibility...
Feingold did very well among libertarians who registered as Republican.

Why?

He voted against the PATRIOT Act
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 10:22 AM
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2. he voted with Republicans on some gun bills, and he is from Wisconsin
people are more likely to vote for the other party if the person running is from that state. that's why you see places like california, new york, etc go democratic regularly during presidential elections but they will vote for republicans from that state for things like governor.
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