Monday, March 17, 2008

Limbaugh/Scooter effect

Scott Helman in the Boston Globe today discusses the Limbaugh effect (Republicans voting in Democratic primaries to achieve strategic advantage for Republicans in the general): "It is also possible, though perhaps unlikely, that enough strategically minded Republicans voted for Clinton in Texas to give her a crucial primary victory there: Clinton received roughly 119,000 GOP votes in Texas, according to exit polls, and she beat Obama by about 101,000 votes."

119,000 would be 4% of the votes for Obama and Clinton combined in the Texas primary.

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