Monday, January 2, 2012

A Deceptive Statistic

A lot of observers have made note of the dwindling Democrats. Fewer people are registering D recently. Don't make too much of that stat. This happens when an incumbent is running unopposed. Even if you are an Obama supporter, why turn out in the primary to vote for him? If one registers undeclared or Republican(Republican in those closed primary states)one can actually influence the outcome of a primary. A lot of Republicans temporarily left their party in 2004 to vote for Al Sharpton and Wesley Clark and Dick Gephardt and John Forbes Kerry.

This probably has a lot to do with Ron Paul's strong polling.

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