tmthforu94
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« on: July 07, 2021, 01:09:08 PM » |
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I'm inclined to say both. Akin's comment happened so early in the election that his campaign was never able to recover from it, it dominated the headlines and kept his fundraising and support down. He was slightly leading in the polls before the scandal and was running close with Romney, so assuming he went through the campaign gaffe-free, he likely would have won.
Mourdock was also leading prior to his comment, I was in Indiana at the time and you could see a clear shift in polling/momentum as soon as it happened. That race was going to come down to the wire either way, though. Mourdock was just so unlikeable.
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