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Old 11-03-2008, 09:18 AM   #9306
JPhillips
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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight View Post
America is a center-right country. Basically, I think that George Will--though an order of magnitude smarter than the average American--closely approximates where the average American falls on the political scale.

Pulling some numbers out of my ass, I think that in any given election, you have 45% of the people who will vote D no matter what, 45% of the people who will vote R no matter what, and of the remaining 10%, they are predisposed to go 65-35 to the GOP.

The 65-35 split is well off IMO. Since Reagan we've been a split or nearly split country. A few hundred votes in FL could make this an election for a fifth consecutive Dem term.
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