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Unconditional Surrender Truman
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« on: May 10, 2015, 10:20:28 PM »
Quote from: L.D. Smith, Knight of Appalachia on May 06, 2015, 12:15:02 PM
Standout Obama states: Hawaii (70%), Indiana (47.6%)
Standout Cain states: Mississippi (60%), Florida (48.9%)
Quick question: since Obama and Cain were the only candidates running in 2012, how were Indiana and Florida carried by <50% margins?

Otherwise, great job with the maps. They really add a lot to the series!
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Unconditional Surrender Truman
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« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2015, 11:21:36 AM »
Quote from: L.D. Smith, Knight of Appalachia on May 10, 2015, 11:35:55 PM
Quote from: Assemblyman Harry S Truman on May 10, 2015, 10:20:28 PM
Quote from: L.D. Smith, Knight of Appalachia on May 06, 2015, 12:15:02 PM
Standout Obama states: Hawaii (70%), Indiana (47.6%)
Standout Cain states: Mississippi (60%), Florida (48.9%)
Quick question: since Obama and Cain were the only candidates running in 2012, how were Indiana and Florida carried by <50% margins?

Otherwise, great job with the maps. They really add a lot to the series!

I figured Obama had the psuedo home-state effect for Indiana again, and Cain managed to get just enough conservative Cuban voters to gain Florida.

Fair enough, but how were those states carried by less than 50% of the vote? You have Obama winning IN with 47.6%; that means at most Cain got 47.5%, leaving 4.9% unaccounted for. Since Obama and Cain were the only candidates running nationally, I wondered who those votes went to.
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