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demmiblue

(36,845 posts) Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:45 PM Apr 2020

40 years ago this week: Midwestern Republican congressman leaves party to launch independent...

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40 years ago this week: Midwestern Republican congressman leaves party to launch independent... (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 2020 OP

I'm surprised Kornacki didn't run the numbers on that, given how he framed it. JHB Apr 2020 #1

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1. I'm surprised Kornacki didn't run the numbers on that, given how he framed it.

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Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:50 PM

Apr 2020

I did, some time back.

If every Anderson vote had gone to Carter, Reagan still would have won. In that scenario, there were 4 states that were within 1%. Carter would have needed to flip 3 of them, including the two big ones, to win.

Nothing short of ending the hostage crisis was going to move that many votes.

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